:Ehud Rogers

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| name = Ehud Rogers

| image =

| fullname = Ehud Rogers

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|10|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chirk, Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|1|25|1909|10|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Chirk, Wales

| height = 5 ft 6 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-vi-d/134505593/ |title=Newcastle United. Prospects of promotion not much improved |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=vi |via=Newspapers.com}}

| position = Outside right

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Weston Rhyn

| years2 =

| clubs2 = Llanerch Celts

| years3 =

| clubs3 = Chirk

| years4 =

| clubs4 = Oswestry Town

| years5 = 1934–1935

| clubs5 = Wrexham

| caps5 = 11

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1935–1936

| clubs6 = Arsenal

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 1936–1939

| clubs7 = Newcastle United

| caps7 = 56

| goals7 = 10

| years8 = 1939–194?

| clubs8 = Swansea Town

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 194?–1947

| clubs9 = Wrexham

| caps9 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| years10= 1947–19??

| clubs10= Oswestry Town

| nationalyears1 = 1934

| nationalteam1 = Wales Amateur XI

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| nationalyears2 = 1941–1944

| nationalteam2 = Wales wartime XI

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Ehud Rogers (15 October 1909 – 25 January 1996), commonly known as Tim Rogers, was a Welsh footballer who scored 17 goals from 84 appearances in the Football League playing for Wrexham, Arsenal and Newcastle United in the 1930s and 1940s.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player13/timrogers.htm |title=Tim Rogers |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=14 March 2017}} An outside right, Rogers appeared for Swansea Town in the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season, and played non-league football for Weston Rhyn, Llanerch Celts, Chirk, and Oswestry Town. Internationally, Rogers was capped for the Wales Amateur XI and played twice for his country in wartime internationals.

Life and career

Rogers was born in Chirk, Wales, on 15 October 1909.{{Hugman|17064|accessdate=14 March 2017}} His younger brother Joe also played League football, for Manchester City and Shrewsbury Town.{{cite web |url=http://toon1892.com/detail_player.php?id=649 |title=Player details Ehud Rogers |website=Toon1892 |publisher=Kenneth H Scott |accessdate=14 March 2017}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85mIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT309 |title=Manchester City: Player by Player |first=Tony |last=Matthews |publisher=Amberley |location=Stroud |date=2013 |isbn=978-1445617374}} Rogers played football in Wales for Weston Rhyn, Llanerch Celts, Chirk and Oswestry Town.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |page=226 |date=2004 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} He represented his country in an amateur international against Scotland in March 1934,{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001465/19340312/310/0011 |url-access=subscription |title=Flattering score in amateur international |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |date=12 March 1934 |page=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} and earned himself a reputation as "one of the finest Welsh amateur wingers playing [in the 1933–34] season", before turning professional with Football League Third Division North club Wrexham in May.{{cite news |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19340524/344/0011 |url-access=subscription |title=The transfer market |newspaper=Sunderland Daily Echo |date=24 May 1934 |page=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} By mid-season he had scored twice from eleven league appearances.

He signed for Arsenal in January 1935, and, with Joe Hulme and Alf Kirchen both injured, played in the last five First Division matches of the 1934–35 season. He scored twice on his debut, in an 8–0 win at home to Middlesbrough, and two matches later, was a member of the team that won 1–0 in the reverse fixture to ensure Arsenal won the 1934–35 Football League title{{snd}}their third in a row.{{cite web |url=http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/stat/aftlu.htm |title=Arsenal first-team line-ups |first=Andy |last=Kelly |website=The Arsenal History |publisher=Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews |accessdate=14 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thearsenalhistory.com/?p=13202 |title=Arsenal: We won the League at Ayresome Park – 1935 |first=Mark |last=Andrews |website=The Arsenal History |publisher=Andy Kelly and Mark Andrews |date=26 April 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2017}} 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.

Rogers signed for Second Division club Newcastle United in June 1936 for a £2,500 fee.{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/584/ehud-rogers |title=Ehud Rogers |publisher=Arsenal F.C. |accessdate=14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809144647/http://www.arsenal.com/history/profiles/584/ehud-rogers |archive-date=9 August 2016 |url-status=dead }} 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. He joined Swansea Town in May 1939, and made three appearances before the 1939–40 Football League season was abandoned when war broke out.

During the war, Rogers served in the Royal Air Force and made guest appearances for clubs including Everton and Lovells Athletic. He played twice for his country in wartime internationals, both against England, in 1941 at Cardiff and in 1944 at Liverpool.{{cite web |url=http://wfda.co.uk/international_details_wartime.php?id=5 |title=7 June 1941 Wales 2–3 England |publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive |accessdate=14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112023750/http://wfda.co.uk/international_details_wartime.php?id=5 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web |url=http://wfda.co.uk/international_details_wartime.php?id=13 |title=16 September 1944 England 2–2 Wales |publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive |accessdate=14 March 2017 }} He rejoined Wrexham between his two international appearances, and played once for them in the post-war Football League{{snd}}at the age of nearly 38{{cite web |url=http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/article/13.04-dads-army-779027.aspx |title=Dad's Army to the fore |first=Mark |last=Griffiths |publisher=Wrexham A.F.C. |date=17 April 2013 |accessdate=14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315085417/http://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/article/13.04-dads-army-779027.aspx |archive-date=15 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{snd}}before returning to Oswestry Town.

After retiring as a player, Rogers returned to his native Chirk, where he worked as a newsagent and coached at his former club. He died in the town on 25 January 1996 at the age of 86.