Steven Frederick Rogers (20 November 1954 – 3 January 2006) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s.
He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St. George Dragons teams in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition and for Widnes in the English Championship, usually in the position of centre.
[3] He became involved in the administration of rugby league, and held the position of Cronulla's CEO at the time of his death.
Rogers began playing first grade rugby league at the age of eighteen for the Cronulla-Sutherland club in 1973.
In that year, he played in his first Grand final, which Cronulla lost to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and made the first of three Kangaroo Tours.
[8] Rogers returned to Cronulla in 1985, but only played nine minutes in the season after breaking his jaw in his first game of the year against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, in a tackle from Mark Bugden.
In 1986 Rogers signed with Widnes in the English competition, but only played for 13 minutes before breaking his leg in his first game of the year against Wigan.
He coached for a time in Queensland, and worked in administrative roles for the Australian Rugby League in Darwin and Perth.