Steve Sogge

Steven Sogge is an American former football and baseball player.
Sogge played at the quarterback position for Gardena High School. 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] that won the national championship and the 1968 [USC Trojans football team|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.
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, Spokane Indians, and Tucson Toros.