{{Short description|American badminton player (1919–1998)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Thomas Wynn Rogers | image = | size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date text|1919}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death year and age|1998|1919}} | death_place = | height = | weight = | event = | country = United States | years_active = | handedness = | coach = | played = | titles = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's badminton}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Thomas Cup}} {{MedalSilver|1952 Singapore|Team}} {{MedalBronze|1949 England|Team}} }}
'''Thomas Wynn Rogers''' (1919–1998) was an American badminton player who won numerous U.S. national titles from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ocbadmintonclub.com/usnationals2006/2006usn-pw.shtml |title=Orange County Badminton Club: 2006 USA Nationals - Past champions |access-date=2007-11-28 |archive-date=2016-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422092042/http://www.ocbadmintonclub.com/usnationals2006/2006usn-pw.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== Primarily a doubles player, the tall, rangy Rogers swept all available doubles events (Men’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Senior [age 40+] Men’s Doubles) at the U.S. Open Championships of 1961 and 1962. He was a runner-up in both Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1949.<ref>Herbert Scheele, ed. The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1970, (J.A. Jennings LTD, Canterbury, Kent, England, 1970). 161, 164.</ref> Rogers was ranked first in U.S. men's doubles for seventeen consecutive seasons (1948–1964), the last fourteen of these with his longtime partner Joe Alston. He was a leading player on the 1952 U.S. Thomas Cup (men’s international) team which finished second in the then triennial world team competition. In 1956 Rogers was among the initial class of inductees into the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame, now called the Walk of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://usabadminton.org/about-usab/walk-of-fame/walk-of-fame-inductees |title=USA Badminton Walk of Fame Plaza |access-date=2010-07-05 |archive-date=2012-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305054821/http://usabadminton.org/about-usab/walk-of-fame/walk-of-fame-inductees |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Achievements == === International tournaments (7 titles, 5 runners-up) === ''Men's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" |1949 | align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} David G. Freeman | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Ooi Teik Hock<br />{{flagicon|MAS}} Teoh Seng Khoon | align="left" | 5–15, 6–15 | style="text-align:left; background:white" |{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1955 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Eddy Choong<br />{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} T. Darryl Thompson | align="left" | 15–6, 12–15, 15–8 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1958 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Williams | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} Finn Kobberø | align="left" | 1–15, 8–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1959 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} Lim Say Hup<br />{{flagicon|MAS}} Teh Kew San | align="left" | 5–15, 3–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1961 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Hartgrove<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Alan Mahaffey | align="left" | 15–8, 15–9 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1962 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston | align="left" | {{flagicon|INA}} Ferry Sonneville<br />{{flagicon|INA}} Tan Joe Hok | align="left" | 15–12, 7–15, 15–6 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1964 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Michael Hartgrove<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Poole | align="left" | 15–2, 12–15, 15–10 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | 1949 | align="left" | All England Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Queenie Allen | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Clinton Stephens<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Patricia Stephens | align="left" | 5–15, 15–2, 12–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1954 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Loma Smith | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Lois Alston | align="left" | 10–15, 10–15 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | 1955 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Hann | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Lois Alston | align="left" | 8–15, 15–11, 15–9 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1961 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Lois Alston | align="left" | 18–13, 15–2 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- | align="center" | 1962 | align="left" | U.S. Open | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Hashman | align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Alston<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Helen Tibbetts | align="left" | 15–4, 15–7 | style="text-align:left; background: white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
== Summary == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Tournament ! Event ! Year |- |rowspan=2| US Open | Men's Doubles | 1955, 1961, 1962, 1964 |- | Mixed Doubles | 1955, 1961, 1962 |- |rowspan=2| US Championships | Men's Doubles | 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 |- | Mixed Doubles | 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 |}
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