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English footballer

Arthur Rodgers
Personal information
Date of birth (1907-02-08)8 February 1907
Place of birth Frickley, England
Date of death 1987 (aged 79–80)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Frickley Colliery
−1928 Denaby United
1928–1932 Hull City 67 (?)
1932–1933 Merthyr Town
1933–1939 Doncaster Rovers 176 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Rodgers (8 February 1907 – 1987) was an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Hull City and Doncaster Rovers.

Playing career

Rodgers started off with local club Frickley Colliery and then Denaby United.

Hull City

He signed for Hull City in 1928, making 67 League appearances before being released at the end of the 1931–32 season.

Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster signed him from Welsh club, Merthyr Town of the Southern League for the 1933–34 season. He made his first appearance the following season in a 2–0 home win against Southport on 4 September 1934. His only goal for the club was the significant winner in a 2–1 victory at Wrexham on 27 April 1935, which clinched the Division 3 (North) title, winning promotion for Doncaster to Division 2.

Rodgers was a regular feature in the side, with a few periods of competition with other full-backs. He played every league and FA Cup game in 1937–38. At the start of the following season, Albert Walker, a left−back, arrived from West Ham as part of an exchange for Arthur Banner, and replaced Rodgers a few games into the season. He then went on to make a few appearances as right-back, his last game being against Halifax Town on 18 October. Rodgers retired at the end of the season after a total of 183 league and cup games, and that one goal.

Honours

Doncaster Rovers

Champions 1934–35

References

  1. "Doncaster Rovers. Duplicated. Two men for every job". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. x – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "ARTHUR RODGERS HULL CITY 1928–1932 VERY RARE ORIGINAL HAND SIGNED CUTTING/CARD". Ebay. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ "IT IS not just a well-worn cliche to describe Hull City's loyal fans as long-suffering. They quite simply have been – too often for too long". Hull Daily Mail. 11 March 2000. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  4. ^ Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879–2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.
  5. ^ "League Table 1934/1935". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
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