Roger Davis (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1938–2024)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Roger Davis

| image = Roger Davis, 1961 Chicago Bears.jpg

| caption = Davis with the Chicago Bears in 1961.

| position = Guard
Offensive tackle

| number = 60, 67

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|6|23}}

| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|3|6|1938|6|23}}

| death_place =

| draftyear = 1960

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 7

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = 2
Pick: First Selections
(by the Denver Broncos)

| undraftedyear =

| college = Syracuse

| pastteams =

• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1960}}–{{NFL Year|1963}})
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1964}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1965}}–{{NFL Year|1966}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 72

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 13

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr =

| cfl =

| afl =

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1963)
• National champion (1959)
• UPI Lineman of the Year (1959)
• Unanimous All-American (1959)
• First-team All-Eastern (1959)

| HOF =

| CollegeHOF =

}}

Roger Wilfred Davis (June 23, 1938 – March 6, 2024) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for seven seasons for the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams, and New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange. Davis was selected by the Bears in the first round of the 1960 NFL draft with the 7th overall pick, and is one of only two guards taken in the first round by the team (Kyle Long being the other).{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Larry|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/chalk-talk/article-1/Who-was-last-guard-Bears-picked-in-first-round/a5dc84a1-378f-478c-95f5-c05c0689ed71|title=Who was last guard Bears picked in first round?|publisher=Chicago Bears|date=2013-04-29|access-date=2013-04-30|archive-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127203236/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/chalk-talk/article-1/Who-was-last-guard-Bears-picked-in-first-round/a5dc84a1-378f-478c-95f5-c05c0689ed71|url-status=dead}}

Davis died on March 6, 2024, at the age of 85.{{cite web |title=Roger W. Davis |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/roger-davis-obituary?id=54570696 |website=Legacy |access-date=11 March 2024}}