- Name
- John Vogt
- Hometown (Last School)
- Louisville, KY
- Seasons
- 1902-03
- Birthday
- April 2, 1880
John Vogt was born John Henry Leon Vogt on April 2, 1880, in Louisville, Kentucky, to Frederick Henry William Vogt and Emma Marie Johanna Wrampelmeier.
Vogt graduated from the University of Kentucky on June 3, 1903, with a bachelor’s of mechanical engineering. He was captain of the football team and a member of Kentucky’s first basketball team during his senior year. On February 18, 1903, he played against the Lexington YMCA in Kentucky’s second basketball game ever. He also ran track and held records at Kentucky in the 880-yard run, the mile, and the mile relay. Vogt was a member of the Kappa Sigma social fraternity.
Vogt moved to San Diego in 1911, where he was a civil engineer with the County Road Department for 22 years and then was a consulting engineer for Browne and Vogt, Engineering Surveyors, Inc. for 25 years.
His son, John Henry Leon Vogt, Jr., was killed in action in World War II when his SBD Dauntless dive bomber collided with a Japanese plane at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Vogt passed away on April 24, 1970, in Vista, California, and is buried in Oceanside, California. He was 91 years old.
Fraternity photo with fraternity pin
Fraternity photo with fraternity pin
John was the Captain of the football team
John and his wife Eva
