| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ehud Rogers[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1909-10-15)15 October 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Chirk, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 25 January 1996(1996-01-25) (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Chirk, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Weston Rhyn | |||
| Llanerch Celts | |||
| Chirk | |||
| Oswestry Town | |||
| 1934–1935 | Wrexham | 11 | (2) |
| 1935–1936 | Arsenal | 16 | (5) |
| 1936–1939 | Newcastle United | 56 | (10) |
| 1939–194? | Swansea Town | 0 | (0) |
| 194?–1947 | Wrexham | 1 | (0) |
| 1947–19?? | Oswestry Town | ||
| International career | |||
| 1934 | Wales Amateur XI | ||
| 1941–1944 | Wales wartime XI | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ehud Rogers (15 October 1909 – 25 January 1996), commonly known asTim Rogers, was a Welshfootballer who scored 17 goals from 84 appearances inthe Football League playing forWrexham,Arsenal andNewcastle United in the 1930s and 1940s.[3] Anoutside right, Rogers appeared forSwansea Town in the abandoned1939–40 Football League season, and playednon-league football for Weston Rhyn, Llanerch Celts,Chirk, andOswestry Town. Internationally, Rogers was capped for theWales Amateur XI and played twice for his country in wartime internationals.
Rogers was born inChirk, Wales, on 15 October 1909.[1] His younger brotherJoe also played League football, forManchester City andShrewsbury Town.[4][5] Rogers played football in Wales for Weston Rhyn, Llanerch Celts,Chirk andOswestry Town.[6] He represented his country in an amateur international againstScotland in March 1934,[7] and earned himself a reputation as "one of the finest Welsh amateur wingers playing [in the 1933–34] season", before turning professional withFootball League Third Division North clubWrexham in May.[8] By mid-season he had scored twice from eleven league appearances.[6]
He signed for Arsenal in January 1935,[9] and, withJoe Hulme andAlf Kirchen both injured, played in the last fiveFirst Division matches of the 1934–35 season. He scored twice on his debut, in an 8–0 win at home toMiddlesbrough, and two matches later, was a member of the team that won 1–0 in the reverse fixture to ensure Arsenal won the1934–35 Football League title – their third in a row.[10][11] He played intermittently during the latter part of the following season, sometimes on the left wing rather than his more normal right, and took his appearance total to 16, all in league competition. He scored another three times, including both goals in a 2–0 home win against Middlesbrough.[10]
Rogers signed forSecond Division clubNewcastle United in June 1936 for a £2,500 fee.[9] He played in 38 matches in his first season, scoring 8 goals, but appeared in only 13 in the following campaign and just 5 in 1938–39.[4] He joinedSwansea Town in May 1939,[1] and made three appearances before the1939–40 Football League season was abandoned when war broke out.[6]
During the war, Rogers served in theRoyal Air Force and made guest appearances for clubs includingEverton andLovells Athletic.[4] He played twice for his country in wartime internationals,[6] both against England, in 1941 atCardiff and in 1944 atLiverpool.[12] He rejoined Wrexham between his two international appearances,[12] and played once for them in the post-war Football League[1] – at the age of nearly 38[13] – before returning to Oswestry Town.[4]
After retiring as a player, Rogers returned to his native Chirk, where he worked as a newsagent and coached at his former club.[4] He died in the town on 25 January 1996 at the age of 86.[1]