Homer Cogdell

Homer David Cogdell (April 5, 1888 – October 8, 1956) was a college football player and US Army captain during World War I.[1] He was also an assistant administrator in the Farmers Home Administration.[2]

Homer Cogdell
Auburn Tigers
PositionFullback/End/Tackle
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1888-04-05)April 5, 1888
Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama, US
Died:October 8, 1956(1956-10-08) (aged 68)
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career history
CollegeAlabama Polytechnic (1908–1911)
Career highlights and awards

Auburn University

Cogdell was a prominent fullback and end for the Auburn Tigers football team of Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1908 to 1911.[3]

1909

Grantland Rice selected him All-Southern in 1909.[4][5]

1910-11

He was selected All-Southern again in 1910 and 1911.[6]

References
  1. "The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, February 28, 1919, Image 6". 28 February 1919. p. 6.
  2. "Hearings". 1956.
  3. Elizabeth D. Schafer (2004). Auburn Football. p. 12. ISBN 9780738516691.
  4. "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
  5. Cap and Gown. p. 143.
  6. Dick Jemison (November 27, 1910). "Nine of the Football Stars Picked on Jemison's All Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Retrieved March 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access


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