John Hogg (football player, before 1903)
John Hogg (before 1903 - after 1944) was an English football player in the pioneering years of Mexican football . He played in the first season of the then newly introduced Primera Fuerza , the first soccer championship of Mexico , for the Orizaba Athletic Club and later for the British Club . Between 1903 and 1912, Hogg was the league's top scorer three times .
player
John Hogg achieved a total of five goals in four games in the opening season of the Primera Fuerza 1902/03, which means an average of 1.25 goals. With this record, he was not only the top scorer of the first soccer championship in Mexico, but he also single-handedly shot Orizaba AC, who had a goal balance of 5: 2 at the end of the season, to the championship.
Five years later he repeated this double triumph in the ranks of the British Club when he was again top scorer and champion of Mexico for the second time with four goals in six games.
In the 1911/12 season he was, also in the ranks of the British Club, for the third and last time top scorer in the Mexican capital league when he scored three goals in four games.
Trainer
John Hogg remained connected to Mexico and later returned to Orizaba , where he led the Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña in the early years of professional football through the Primera División introduced in 1943/44 .
successes
- Masters of Mexico: 1903 (with Orizaba), 1908 (with British Club)
- Mexico's top scorer: 1903 (with Orizaba), 1908 and 1912 (with British Club)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hogg, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1944 |