fullname club birth_place collegeteam birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
eugene roy rogers new york athletic club new york , new york columbia university 17 february 1924 eugene rogers
 freestyle eugene rogers `` gene ''
eugene rogers

eugene roy rogers -lrb- born february 17 , 1924 -rrb- is an american former competition swimmer who represented the united states at the 1948 summer olympics in london .
he swam for the gold medal-winning u.s. team in the preliminary heats of the men 's 4x200-meter freestyle relay .
rogers did not receive a medal , however , because under the olympic swimming rules in effect in 1948 , only those relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible .
