Homer Cogdell
Auburn Tigers
PositionFullback/End/Tackle
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1888-04-05)April 5, 1888
Inverness, Bullock County, Alabama, US
Died:October 8, 1956(1956-10-08) (aged 68)
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Career history
CollegeAlabama Polytechnic (1908–1911)
Career highlights and awards

Homer David Cogdell (April 5, 1888 – October 8, 1956) was a college football player and US Army captain during World War I.[1] He was also an assistant administrator in the Farmers Home Administration.[2]

Auburn University

Cogdell was a prominent fullback and end for the Auburn Tigers football team of Alabama Polytechnic Institute from 1908 to 1911.[3]

1909

Grantland Rice selected him All-Southern in 1909.[4][5]

1910-11

He was selected All-Southern again in 1910 and 1911.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, February 28, 1919, Image 6". 28 February 1919. p. 6.
  2. ↑ "Hearings". 1956.
  3. ↑ Elizabeth D. Schafer (2004). Auburn Football. p. 12. ISBN 9780738516691.
  4. ↑ "All-Southern Selection". Charlotte Observer. November 29, 1909.
  5. ↑ Cap and Gown. p. 143.
  6. ↑ 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. Open access icon


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