UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Harlan Roger

  • Class
  • Induction
    1991
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Football, Men's Basketball
Harlan Roger
  • A nine-time letterwinner with three major "W" awards in football, basketball and baseball
  • Three-year regular in football (left end), basketball (forward) and baseball (centerfield)
  • Tallied the winning touchdown on a recovered kick for a 6-5 victory at Iowa in 1907
  • Captain of the 1908 football team, which posted a 5-1 record and tied for the conference title
  • Member of the 1906-07 basketball squad that shared the Big Ten title
  • Rogers' play in all three sports was characterized as consistent with coolness in emergency situations
  • Has an athletic scholarship at the UW-Madison endowed in his name
  • Member of the Wisconsin State Athletic Hall of Fame
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