Former Tiger Glenn Rogers Sr. to have street named after him
Glenn Rogers Sr. was the first Black player to join the University of Memphis football team. (Courtesy Memphis Athletics)
“It’s a major honor,” Rogers said. “I never expected nothing like that to be in my historical background. But it definitely is a good feeling.”
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Frank Bonner II covers the Memphis Tigers. He is a top-10 APSE winner who covered Oklahoma State for the Tulsa World before joining The Daily Memphian in 2021. Bonner is a native of Indiana, where he started his career covering high school sports.
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