Gordon Hodgson
Gordon Hodgson | ||
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Personnel | ||
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birthday | April 16, 1904 | |
place of birth | Johannesburg , South Africa | |
date of death | June 14, 1951 | |
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent , England | |
size | 182 cm | |
position | striker | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
Benoni | ||
Rustenberg | ||
Pretoria | ||
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
FC Transvaal | ||
1925-1936 | Liverpool FC | 358 (233) |
1936 | Aston Villa | 28 | (11)
1936-1941 | Leeds United | 82 | (51)
Hartlepools United | ||
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1924 | South Africa | 1 | (?)
1930-1934 | England | 3 | (1)
Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
1946-1951 | Port Vale | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Gordon Hodgson (born April 16, 1904 in Johannesburg , Transvaal , South Africa , † June 14, 1951 in Stoke-on-Trent ) was an English athlete from South Africa . He played football professionally, as well as cricket and baseball, and worked as a football coach in later years .
As a professional footballer, Hodgson worked primarily for Liverpool FC . He is considered one of the most important players of the club in the interwar period , which was mostly characterized by the dominance of local rivals Everton FC . The attacker was also known as the "answer to Dixie Dean ".
Life
Gordon Hodgson was born in 1904 to English parents in Johannesburg , which was then part of the British Empire . He first played football at FC Transvaal . In 1924 he played a game for the South African national team .
In 1924, Hodgson toured England with his national team, beating Liverpool 5-2, which made the club aware of him. Together with Arthur Riley and Jimmy Gray , he signed a contract with the Reds in December 1925 .
With his goals, Hodgson broke club records in the following years. In the 1930/31 season alone , he scored 36 goals this season, a record that was only broken by Roger Hunt in the 1970s. His best of 17 hat-tricks in the Liverpool shirt is still there. From 1927 to 1935 he was the club's internal top scorer seven times and was only surpassed by Jimmy Smith in 1930 . In total, he scored 233 goals in 358 First Division games, which in turn is only exceeded by Roger Hunt.
During his time at Anfield , Hodgson also played first-class cricket for Lancashire and was successful in baseball . In cricket, he played 50 first-class games and probably could have been more successful, but his main focus was football.
For the English national team , Hodgson was eligible to play due to his parents from England. He played three games in the national jersey in which he scored a goal.
In January 1936, the 31-year-old was sold to Aston Villa for £ 3000 . He ended his professional career at Leeds United , for which he scored 51 goals in 82 First Division games, five of them in a game against Leicester City . He also played for Hartlepools United during World War II .
In the post-war period, Hodgson coached third division FC Port Vale , a position he held until his death. He died in 1951 at the age of 47.
Web links
- Profile at lfchistory.net
- Short biography and statistics at leeds-fans.org.uk
- Short biography on spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
Individual evidence
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hodgson, Gordon |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Johannesburg |
DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1951 |
Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent |