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Eddie Rogers
American football player and coach (1876–1971)
Edward Lowell Rogers (April 14, 1876 – October 17, 1971) was an American college football player and coach. He played at the end at three different schools between 1897 and 1904: the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Dickinson College, and the University of Minnesota. Rogers served as the head football coach at Carlisle in 1904 and the College of St. Thomas—now known as the University of St. Thomas—in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1905 to 1908. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as player in 1968.[1] Rogers was also elected to the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973.[2]