Colin Rodger

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Colin Rodger

| image=

| fullname= Charles Gordon Rodger

| height=

| position= Outside left

| birth_date=3 March 1909

| birth_place= Ayr, Scotland

| death_date={{Death date and age|1982|05|26|1909|03|03|df=y}}

| death_place= Ayr, Scotland

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1= Craigview Athletic

| youthyears2=

| youthclubs2=

| years1= 1931–1936

| clubs1= Ayr United

| caps1= 81 | goals1= 23

| years2= 1936–1938

|clubs2= Manchester City

| caps2= 19 | goals2= 7

|years3= 1938–1939

|clubs3= Northampton Town

| caps3= 35| goals3= 4

|years4= 1939

|clubs4= Ipswich Town

| caps4= 0| goals4= 0

|nationalyears1= 1935

|nationalteam1= Scottish League XI

|nationalcaps1= 1

|nationalgoals1= 0

}}

Charles Gordon "Colin" Rodger (3 March 1909 – 26 May 1982){{cite book|author=Ian Penney |title=THE CITY ALPHABET: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester City |publisher=EJ Morten Publishers |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-85972-055-7 |page=241f}} was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside left.{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}

Sometimes known as "Fally",[https://ayrunitedfc.co.uk/the-years-1930-1940/ The Years 1930 – 1940], Ayr United FC he began his career in the Scottish Football League with Ayr United, where his form was solid enough for him to be selected for the Scottish Football League XI in October 1935.{{cite web|url=https://londonhearts.com/SFL/players/jrodgers.html|title=[SFL player] 'J Rodgers' |website=London Hearts Supporters' Club|accessdate=9 June 2020}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J5pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6040%2C5136622 Scotland and England Draw At Ibrox], The Glasgow Herald, 31 October 1935 This drew further attention, and three months later he moved to England with Manchester City;{{cite web|url=https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Players/Player.aspx?id=378 |title=Colin Rodger |website=Blue Moon}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=85mIAwAAQBAJ&dq=colin+Rodger+Northampton&pg=PT308 Manchester City: Player by Player], Tony Matthews; Amberley Publishing Limited, 2013 he was a squad member as the club won the 1936–37 Football League title, but as he only made nine league appearances (contributing seven goals) it is not clear if he was awarded a medal.

After moving to Northampton Town (as part of a player exchange also involving Fred Tilson, Keillor McCullough and Maurice Dunkley who went the other way),[http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersT/BioTilsonSF.html Players Index | Fred Tilson], England Football Online Rodger's career was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, during which he made guest appearances for several Scottish clubs including Partick Thistle, Dumbarton and Ayr United.