Arthur Hodgson (footballer) explained

Arthur Hodgson
Birth Date:8 January 1926
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales
Originalteam:Queenstown, Tasmania
Debutdate:Round 4, 1948
Debutteam:Carlton
Debutopponent:Footscray
Debutstadium:Princes Park
Height:176 cm
Weight:77 kg
Statsend:1952
Years1:1948–1952
Club1:Carlton
Games Goals1:76 (7)
Careerhighlights:

1950

  • Wander Medal: 1955
  • Victorian representative 4 times
  • Tasmanian representative 17 times
  • Five Australian Football Carnivals

Arthur Edward Clarence Hodgson (8 January 1926 – 12 May 2003)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and North Western Football Union (NWFU). Born in Sydney but raised in Queenstown, Tasmania, Hodgson was recruited by the Carlton Football Club in Victoria, playing 76 games and winning the Robert Reynolds Trophy as club best and fairest in 1950. He returned to Tasmania in 1953 as captain-coach of the Ulverstone Football Club, piloting the Robins to four premierships and one state premiership (the first by a coastal team) in his seven-year tenure; individually, he won the Wander Medal as league best and fairest in 1955. Hodgson was named in the Tasmanian Team of the Century and was inducted into the Tasmanian Hall of Fame.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arthur Hodgson – Player Bio. Australian Football. 22 December 2014.
  2. Deveney J, Fullpointsfooty "Biographies: Hi-Hz", Retrieved 21 September 2010.