Wharton Hogan

American football guard who played professionally in the newly formed American Football League (AFL) for the Houston Oilers (1960-1964) during the first four years of the clubs existence, including the 1960 Houston Oilers team that won the first AFL championship. He was cut by the Oilers in September 1964. He previously attended the University of Houston where he played college football at the tackle position for the Houston Cougars football team from 1956 to 1958. He was named lineman of the year in the Missouri Valley Conference in 1957, and the following year he was selected by the American Football Coaches Association as a first-team tackle on its 1958 College Football All-America Team. Wharton died on 8 October 2008, age 72, in Sugar Land, Texas. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less