Allen Rogers (footballer)

Allen Leonard Rogers
Personal information
Full name Allen Leonard Rogers
Nickname(s) Bill
Date of birth (1930-08-09)9 August 1930
Place of birth Yea
Date of death 25 September 2017(2017-09-25) (aged 87)
Original team(s) Yea, Rochester
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1953 Footscray 22 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Allen Leonard Rogers (9 August 1930 – 25 September 2017[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Rogers was originally from Yea in the Waranga & North Eastern Football League[3] and won the 1950 W&NEFL best and fairest award.[4]

  1. ^ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season 2018. p. 1198. ISBN 9781865133430.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 763. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ^ "1952 - FOOTSCRAY'S BEST ARE HARD MEN TO BEAT". The Argus. 13 June 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  4. ^ "1950 - Best & Fairest". Alexandra Standard and Yarck, Gobur, Thornton, Taggerty and Acheron Express (Vic). 11 August 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024.