T. Wynn Rogers
{{Short description|American badminton player (1919–1998)}}
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Thomas Wynn Rogers (1919–1998) was an American badminton player who won numerous U.S. national titles from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s.[http://www.ocbadmintonclub.com/usnationals2006/2006usn-pw.shtml Orange County Badminton Club: 2006 USA Nationals - Past champions]
Career
Primarily a doubles player, the tall, rangy Rogers swept all available doubles events (Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Senior [age 40+] Men’s Doubles) at the U.S. Open Championships of 1961 and 1962. He was a runner-up in both Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1949.Herbert Scheele, ed. The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1970, (J.A. Jennings LTD, Canterbury, Kent, England, 1970). 161, 164. Rogers was ranked first in U.S. men's doubles for seventeen consecutive seasons (1948–1964), the last fourteen of these with his longtime partner Joe Alston. He was a leading player on the 1952 U.S. Thomas Cup (men’s international) team which finished second in the then triennial world team competition. In 1956 Rogers was among the initial class of inductees into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now called the Walk of Fame.[http://usabadminton.org/about-usab/walk-of-fame/walk-of-fame-inductees USA Badminton Walk of Fame Plaza]
Major achievements
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! Event ! Year |
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| rowspan=2| US Open
| Men's Doubles | 1955, 1961, 1962, 1964 |
| Mixed Doubles
| 1955, 1961, 1962 |
| rowspan=2| US Championships
| Men's Doubles | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 |
| Mixed Doubles
| 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 |
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