James Hodge (administrator)

James Hodge
James Hodge
Born	1876
Died	10 September 1931
Occupation	Secretary of the Port Adelaide Football Club; Manager Lion Timber Mills Port Adelaide

James Hodge was the secretary of the Port Adelaide Football Club from 1906 to 1915.

"Columbus"[]

He was nicknamed 'Columbus' after Christopher Columbus due to his efforts of taking Port Adelaide all over Australia during his tenure as club secretary.^[2] During Hodge's time as secretary the club played exhibition matches in Kalgoorlie, Perth, Fremantle, Hobart, Devonport, Melbourne, Bendigo, Ballarat, Sydney, Albury, Wagga Wagga and Broken Hill.

^ "Mr. J. Hodge, Port Adelaide Sportsman, Dead". The News. Vol. XVII, no. 2, 542 (HOME ed.). Adelaide. 10 September 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". Evening Journal. Vol. XLIV, no. 12305 (SPECIAL SPORTS ed.). Adelaide. 16 September 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

v t South Australian team – 1911 Interstate Championships
South Australia 13.18 (96) def. Western Australia 3.5 (23), at Adelaide Oval, 5 August 1911 South Australia 13.13 (91) def. Tasmania 3.6 (24), at Adelaide Oval, 7 August 1911 South Australia 12.20 (92) def. New South Wales 2.9 (21), at Adelaide Oval, 9 August 1911 South Australia 11.11 (77) def. Victoria 5.4 (34), at Adelaide Oval, 12 August 1911
Squad	Renfrey (captain) Tredrea (vice captain) Congear Conlin Cumberland Dowling Geddes Hansen Hosking Job Johns Jones Leahy Lewis Low Oakley Oliver Read Robin Taylor
Managers: J. Hodge (Port Adelaide), A. C. Thomas (Sturt)