That said, here's a solution
INPUT (roster.csv)
uniform, firstname, lastname, position, height
101,Freda,Greaves,left out,6'4"
102,Jamie,Oliver,left behind,4'11"
SQL
LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'c:/inetpub/wwwroot/test/roster.csv'
INTO TABLE roster
FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 ROWS
(uniform, nameFirst, nameLast,position,@height)
SET height = substring_index(@height, '\'', 1) * 12 -- feet
+ substring_index(substring_index(@height, '"', 1), '\'', -1) -- inches
TABLE (roster)
+-----------+---------+-----------+----------+-------------+--------+
| roster_id | uniform | nameFirst | nameLast | position | height |
+-----------+---------+-----------+----------+-------------+--------+
| 1 | 101 | Freda | Greaves | left out | 76 |
| 2 | 102 | Jamie | Oliver | left behind | 59 |
+-----------+---------+-----------+----------+-------------+--------+