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- Playing career Hull City Doncaster Rovers
- Honours
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}}{{Infobox football biography | name = Arthur Rodgers | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|2|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Frickley, England | death_date = 1987 (aged 79–80) | death_place = | position = Left back | years1 = | clubs1 = Frickley Colliery | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = −1928 | clubs2 = Denaby United | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1928–1932 | clubs3 = Hull City | caps3 = 67 | goals3 = ? | years4 = 1932–1933 | clubs4 = Merthyr Town | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1933–1939 | clubs5 = Doncaster Rovers | caps5 = 176 | goals5 = 1 }}Arthur Rodgers (8 February 1907 – 1987) was an English footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Hull City and Doncaster Rovers. Playing careerRodgers started off with local club Frickley Colliery and then Denaby United.[1] Hull CityHe signed for Hull City in 1928, making 67 League appearances before being released at the end of the 1931–32 season.[2] Doncaster RoversDoncaster signed him from Welsh club, Merthyr Town of the Southern League for the 1933–34 season.[ He made his first appearance the following season in a 2–0 home win against Southport on 4 September 1934. His only goal for the club was the significant winner in a 2–1 victory at Wrexham on 27 April 1935,][ which clinched the Division 3 (North) title, winning promotion for Doncaster to Division 2.[5]]Rodgers was a regular feature in the side, with a few periods of competition with other full-backs. He played every league and FA Cup game in 1937–38. At the start of the following season, Albert Walker, a left−back, arrived from West Ham as part of an exchange for Arthur Banner, and replaced Rodgers a few games into the season. He then went on to make a few appearances as right-back, his last game being against Halifax Town on 18 October. Rodgers retired at the end of the season after a total of 183 league and cup games, and that one goal. HonoursDoncaster RoversChampions 1934–35 References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=League Table 1934/1935|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/history/League%20Tables/League%20table%201934-1935.htm|publisher=doncasterrovers.co.uk|accessdate=23 March 2014}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=ARTHUR RODGERS HULL CITY 1928–1932 VERY RARE ORIGINAL HAND SIGNED CUTTING/CARD|url=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ARTHUR-RODGERS-HULL-CITY-1928-1932-VERY-RARE-ORIGINAL-HAND-SIGNED-CUTTING-CARD-/301028916598|publisher=Ebay|accessdate=23 March 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=IT IS not just a well-worn cliche to describe Hull City's loyal fans as long-suffering. They quite simply have been – too often for too long|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F6D1BF92BA4949C?p=AWNB|accessdate=23 March 2014|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|date=11 March 2000}}
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