Bill Rogers was a

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, and

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player for the

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of the

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Gamecocks

Rogers earned nine

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s in his time at South Carolina.

Football

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teams, he was

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and punter. Once against rival Clemson Rogers picked up his own punt, which had bounced off a Clemson player, and ran seventeen yards for a 10 to 0 lead in what would be a 33 to 0 victory. Rogers was selected All-Southern in 1926. With Rogers leading the football team for three years, it went 20–10.

Basketball

The basketball team went 33–16 while Rogers was on the team. He scored 345 points in 47 career games. Rogers was elected to the South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969.

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