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).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.763.
Family The son of Albert Edward Rogers, and May Teresa Rogers (1885-1980), née Murphy,Deaths: Rogers, The Canberra Times, (Friday, 27 June 1980), p.16. 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".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.
Recruited from the Beulah Football Club in the Southern Mallee Football League.Football: League Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 27 May 1943), p.4.Beulah Football Team, Premiers of Southern Mallee League, The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 15 October 1947), p.7.
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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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