16 Facts About Ira Rodgers

Ira Errett "Rat" Rodgers was an American football, basketball, baseball, and golf player and coach.

Ira Rodgers played college football for West Virginia University where he was selected as an All-American in 1919.

Ira Rodgers served as the school's head football coach from 1925 to 1930 and again from 1943 to 1945.

In 1915 Mountaineer coach Mont McIntyre won the honors of Ira Rodgers, who started his first game of the season as a quarterback.

Ira Rodgers played quarterback most of his freshman season, until later in the season when he was moved to fullback.

Ira Rodgers played fullback for the next three years of his career.

Ira Rodgers was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity on campus.

Ira Rodgers led the nation in scoring with 147 points on 19 touchdowns and 33 extra-point kicks.

Ira Rodgers threw 11 touchdown passes, which was a rare feat for that era and a WVU record until 1949.

Ira Rodgers earned consensus All-American honors that season, the first All-American in WVU history.

Ira Rodgers is considered one of the greatest players of his era, and one of the greatest athletes in Mountaineer history.

Ira Rodgers was the first Mountaineer to rush for more than 200 yards in a game.

Ira Rodgers holds the school record for the most rushing touchdowns season.

Ira Rodgers threw 24 touchdown passes in his career as well.

Ira Rodgers has been a long-time member of the West Virginia University Athletics Hall of Fame and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1953.

Ira Rodgers was the Mountaineer baseball coach for 23 years.