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John Rogers
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1910-08-22)22 August 1910
Alexandria, Egypt
Sport
Sport Ice hockey

George Edward Frederick Rogers (born 22 August 1910, date of death unknown) was a British ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics. [1]

Rogers played as a goaltender and shared duties in the Olympic squad with the more experienced William Speechly. [2]

Biography

Rogers was born in Alexandria, Egypt and was the son of a Liverpool cotton broker, who was managing the Egyptian end of his business at the time of his son's birth. [2]

He attended Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a Swiss boarding school where ice hockey is one of the main sports. [2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Rogers Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c David S. Gordon; Martin C. Harris (2019). Lion in Winter: A Complete Record of Great Britain at the Olympic, World and European Ice Hockey Championships 1910 - 1981. British Ice Hockey Heritage Publications. p. 47. ISBN  9781527247475.

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