Gene Rogers

Gene Rogers, from Newton, was a starter in baseball and basketball at the University of Colorado and signed with the Cubs in 1951.

He played on the Topeka team that won the Western League in 1951 but was forced to leave pro ball with a shoulder injury.

A shortstop on the Boeing Bombers team that won back-to-back NBC World Series titles in 1954 and 1955.  He played in five NBC World Series with Boeing and one with the Cessna Bobcats.

Rogers died in 2018 at the age of 90.