Gordon Hodgson

Gordon Hodgson
Personnel
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 0(11)
1936-1941	Leeds United	82 0(51)
	Hartlepools United
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1924	South Africa	1 00(?)
1930-1934	England	3 00(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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