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Glenn Rogers (gridiron football)

American football player, Canadian football player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ5569079 ↗
Source-derived summary

Glenn Edward Rogers Jr. (born June 8, 1969) is a former football player in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for seven years. He also played one season in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Memphis State University, now known as the University of Memphis, from 1987 to 1991 as a defensive back.

Football career

Rogers played defensive back for three different teams, mainly for the Edmonton Eskimos from 1993 to 1999. He was a CFL All-Star three times and was part of a Grey Cup winning team for the Eskimos in 1993. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1991 for only one season.

The Grey Cup is the Canadian equivalent to the NFL Super Bowl. Rogers is a teacher/coach, formerly at Memphis University School in Memphis, TN. In July 2025 Rogers started a new journey as an Admissions Counselor/ Football Coach at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis TN. Rogers is married to Tonette Rogers and has two children named Kendrick and Mya.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Glenn Rogers (gridiron football)” is american football player, Canadian football player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Glenn, Rogers and gridiron, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1969, 1987, 1991, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1969-06-08. For this dossier, Glenn, Rogers and gridiron is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “american football player, Canadian football player” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5569079. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1969, 1987, 1991 and 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Glenn Rogers (gridiron football)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.