title: Joe Rogers (Australian footballer)
text: # Joe Rogers (Australian footballer)
  
  Joseph William Rogers (3 July 1907 – 20 August 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
  
  ## Family
  
  The eldest of the nine children of John Rogers (1864-1922), and Harriett Rogers (1868-1942), née Fox, Joseph William Rogers was born at Campbells Creek, Victoria on 3 July 1907.
  
  He married Esther Altie Ross (1910-1993) in 1931.
  
  ## Football
  
  Rogers commenced his senior football career in the Victorian Football Association, initially playing with Coburg, and then with Northcote.
  
  He then spent two years playing with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League and subsequently played with Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association again.
  
  ## Military service
  
  Rogers later served in the Australian Army during World War II.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at Geelong, Victoria on 20 August 1966.
  
  