Event Date: August 25th, 1983
Event Description: Gamblers Ink Pair
Source: United Press International
The Houston Gamblers of the U.S. Football League announced Thursday the signing of two former Rice players, running back Calvin Cooledge Fance and lineman Ernie Rogers.
Fance, a 6-foot-1, 215 pounder, played with the Miami Dolphins of the NFL last season. The season before he was with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League.
A Houston native, Fance played with the Owls from 1977-1980 after graduating from Houston's Forest-Brook High School.
Rogers, a 6-6, 279 pound offensive tackle, signed with the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL last season. In 1981 he hooked up with the Houston Oilers. He entered pro football in 1979, the year he graduated from Rice, with a brief stint with the Dallas Cowboys.
Story-(UPI)
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