Melville F Rogers was a Canadian figure skater and figure skating judge.
19 Facts About Melville Rogers
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Melville Rogers competed in the disciplines of single skating, pair skating, ice dancing, and fours.
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Melville Falkner Rogers, son of Amos Frankford Rogers and Margaret Rebecca Falkner, was born in Ottawa, January 5,1899.
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In Ottawa on March 5,1927, Melville married Isobel Hossack Blyth, daughter of James Thorp Blyth and Isabella Evans Thomson.
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Melville Rogers won the 1925 Canadian Championships, the silver medal at the 1928 Championships, and the bronze medal at the 1929 Championships with Gladys Rogers, representing the Minto Skating Club.
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Melville Rogers won the bronze medal at the 1926 Canadian Championships with partner Isobel Blyth, whom he married in 1927.
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Melville Rogers won the 1929 Canadian fours silver medal with partners Frances Claudet, Katherine Lopdell, and Guy Owen.
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Melville Rogers won the 1931 Canadian fours bronze medal with the same team as in 1929.
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Melville Rogers won the 1932 Canadian fours silver medal with partners Elmore Davis, Prudence Holbrook and Guy Owen.
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Melville Rogers won the 1933,1934,1935,1936, and 1937 Canadian fours title with the same team as in 1932.
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Melville Rogers competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics as both a single skater and pair skater.
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Melville Rogers placed 7th in singles, and 7th in pairs with partner Cecil Smith.
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At those Olympics, Melville Rogers became the first Canadian men's singles skater to compete at the Olympics and was a member of the first Canadian pairs team to compete at the Olympics.
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Melville Rogers won the North American singles title in 1925 and 1927.
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Melville Rogers won the 1925 silver medal in pairs with Gladys Rogers.
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Melville Rogers won the fours title in 1933,1935, and 1937 with Margaret Davis, Prudence Holbrook, and Guy Owen.
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Melville Rogers competed in pairs with Isobel Rogers, formerly Isobel Blyth.
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Melville Rogers served as the president of the Canadian Figure Skating Association for two terms and remained active with the Minto Skating Club for many years.
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Melville Rogers was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1991.