Steven Sogge (born April 20, 1947) is a former American football and baseball player. Sogge played at the quarterback position for

Gardena High School Gardena High School (GHS) is a public high school in Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California, United States, adjacent to the City of Gardena. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Small Learning Co ...

. He passed for 2,361 yards as a senior and was selected as a ''Parade'' All-American. In 2021, ''USA Today'' rated him as one of the ten greatest quarterbacks in California high school football history. Sogge played at the quarterback position for the USC Trojans football team from 1966 to 1968. He was the starting quarterback of the

1967 USC Trojans football team The 1967 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–1 record (6–1 again ...

that won the national championship and the 1968 team that was ranked No. 2 in the final Coaches Poll. He was also selected by the AP, UPI, and Pac-8 coaches as the first-team quarterback on the

1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team The 1968 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press International (UPI), and the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) coaches (Coaches) as the best college football play ...

. Sogge also played baseball as a catcher for USC. In January 1969, he signed a minor-league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He played in the minor league for the Albuquerque Dodgers (1969), Spokane Indians (1970), and Tucson Toros (1971).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sogge, Steve Living people American football quarterbacks USC Trojans football players Players of American football from California Albuquerque Dodgers players Spokane Indians players Tucson Toros players Pan American Games medalists in baseball Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Baseball players at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games 1947 births