Steve Sogge

{{Short description|American football and baseball player (born 1947)}}

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• USC (1966–1968)

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• National champion (1967)
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• First-team All-Pac-8 (1968)

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Steven Sogge (born April 20, 1947) is a former American football and baseball player.

Sogge played at the quarterback position for Gardena High School. He passed for 2,361 yards as a senior and was selected as a Parade All-American. In 2021, USA Today rated him as one of the ten greatest quarterbacks in California high school football history.{{cite news|title=The 10 greatest QBs in California HS football history|publisher=USA Today|date=March 26, 2021|url=https://usatodayhss.com/lists/california-high-school-football-greatest-quarterbacks}}

Sogge played at the quarterback position for the USC Trojans football team from 1966 to 1968. He was the starting quarterback of the 1967 USC Trojans football team that won the national championship and the 1968 team that was ranked No. 2 in the final Coaches Poll.{{cite web|title=Steve Sogge|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 14, 2022|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/steve-sogge-1.html}}{{cite news|title=Sogge Saga: Major League Battery May Spotlight Brothers|newspaper=The Tidings|date=June 7, 1968|pages=13–14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99760242/sogge-saga-major-league-battery-may/|via=Newspapers.com}} He was also selected by the AP, UPI, and Pac-8 coaches as the first-team quarterback on the 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team.{{cite news|title=USC Trojans Dominate All-West Coast Squad|newspaper=Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California)|date=November 28, 1968|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99711480/usc-trojans-dominate-all-west-coast/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=USC Trojans dominate UPI's All-Coast grid team|newspaper=The Tribune|location=San Luis Obispo|date=November 28, 1968|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99712238/usc-trojans-dominate-upis-all-coast/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Troy Dominates Star Squad|newspaper=The Times|date=December 4, 1968|page=38|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99710784/troy-dominates-star-squad/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Sogge also played baseball as a catcher for USC. In January 1969, he signed a minor-league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.{{cite news|title=Steve Sogge Trades Football For Catcher's Mitt; Signs With LA|newspaper=Desert Sun|date=January 10, 1969|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19690110.2.54&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1}} He played in the minor league for the Albuquerque Dodgers (1969), Spokane Indians (1970), and Tucson Toros (1971).{{cite news|title=The Busher|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Patrick McNulty|date=August 10, 1969|pages=28–30|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99759614/sogge/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web|title=Steven Sogge|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=April 14, 2022|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sogge-001ste}}