Homer Cogdell

Homer Cogdell
Auburn Tigers
Position Fullback/End/Tackle
Class Graduate
Career history
College Alabama Polytechnic (1908–1911)
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-04-05)April 5, 1888
Place of birth Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama
Date of death October 8, 1956(1956-10-08)
Place of death Alexandria, Virginia
Weight 176 lb (80 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Homer David Cogdell (April 5, 1888 – October 8, 1956) was a college football player and US Army captain.

Auburn University

Cogdell was a prominent fullback and end for the Auburn Tigers football team of Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1908 to 1911.[1]

1909

Grantland Rice selected him All-Southern in 1909.[2][3]

1910-11

He was selected All-Southern again in 1910 and 1911.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Elizabeth D. Schafer. Auburn Football. p. 12.
  2. ↑ "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
  3. ↑ Cap and Gown. p. 143.
  4. ↑ Dick Jemison (November 27, 1910). "Nine of the Football Stars Picked on Jemison's All Southern Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Retrieved March 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.


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