[1][2] Rogers was named all-scholastic athlete for both football and basketball at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia.

After serving in the United States Coast Guard from 1943 to 1945, Rogers entered Villanova University as a freshman in 1946, where he played halfback for the Wildcats.

[3] Rogers served as the athletic director and head football coach at Waldron Academy, in Merion, Pennsylvania, from 1950 to 1952.

He coached many household names here, including: Tom Urbanik, former Penn State fullback; Glynn Griffing, former reserve quarterback of the New York Giants, and Mark Lichtenfeld, formerly of Temple University.

Rogers then went on to work as defensive coach for the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Continental Football League under the direction of Wayne Hardin.

After retiring from full-time coaching in 1970, Rogers had a successful career as a sales manager for Independence Blue Cross.