Bert Rogers

Albert Edward Winter Rogers (17 December 1916 – 4 May 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bert Rogers
Personal information
Full name Albert Edward Winter Rogers
Date of birth (1916-12-17)17 December 1916
Place of birth Donald, Victoria
Date of death 4 May 1980(1980-05-04) (aged 63)
Place of death Frankston, Victoria
Original team(s) Canterbury / Korong Vale / Beulah
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1943–1946 Hawthorn 30 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Albert Edward Rogers, and May Teresa Rogers (1885-1980), née Murphy,[2] Albert Edward Winter Rogers was born at Donald, Victoria on 17 December 1916.

He married Veronica Lilian Bombardier (1903-) in 1939.

Football
"A real stalwart ruckman. [Bert Rogers] can take the hard knocks, and gives great protection to the smaller men. Is very consistent in his play, although not spectacular. Joined Hawthorn in 1943".[3]

Recruited from the Beulah Football Club in the Southern Mallee Football League.[4][5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.763.
  2. Deaths: Rogers, The Canberra Times, (Friday, 27 June 1980), p.16.
  3. Part of the background information notes on the Hawthorn "stars" that were to play in a match against the Vehicle Park Australian Rules Team, winners of the local district's army premiership, at Albury on 15 September 1945: The Border Morning Mail, (Friday, 14 September 1945), p.5; Hawthorn won the match 31.7 (193) to Vehicle Park's 19.14 (128), with Jim Bohan kicking 20 goals.
  4. Football: League Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 27 May 1943), p.4.
  5. Beulah Football Team, Premiers of Southern Mallee League, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 15 October 1947), p.7.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Football: Hawthorn Player Exonerated, The Age, (Wednesday, 2 August 1944), p.5.
  • Application for the transfer of the license for the Farmers Union Hotel, at Beulah, Victoria to Albert Edward Winter Rogers: Victuallers' Licenses, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 July 1946), p.28.
  • Application for the transfer of the license for the Junction Hotel, at Branxholme, Victoria to Albert Edward Winter Rogers: Victuallers' Licenses, The Argus, (Saturday, 25 August 1956), p.27.
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