Teddy Hodgson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Hodgson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Chorley, England | ||
Date of death | 4 August 1919 (aged 33)[2] | ||
Place of death | Whalley, England | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1911 | Chorley | ||
1911–1919 | Burnley | 120 | (53) |
National team | |||
1914 | Football League XI | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Edward Hodgson (1885 – 4 August 1919) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He originally played non-league football with his hometown club Chorley before joining Second Division side Burnley in 1911 at the age of 25.[2] He won the FA Cup with the club in 1914.[3] Hodgson went on to make 137 appearances for Burnley, scoring 62 goals.[2][4] He fought in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War,[2] but still represented Burnley as a wartime guest player, scoring 39 goals in 62 matches.
Hodgson contracted a kidney problem while on service and died at Whalley Military Hospital on 4 August 1919.[5][6]
Honours[]
Burnley
References[]
- ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 140. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ a b c d e "Burnley FC And The Great War – News – Burnley Football Club". Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Burnley Roll of Honour Sergeant Edward Hodgson". www.burnleyinthegreatwar.info. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Edward 'Teddy' Hodgson". 11v11.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ Council, Lancashire County. "Burnley to Berlin – football remembered". Lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Battle of the Somme: 100 years on". www.burnleyfootballclub.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
Sources
- FreeBMD. "FreeBMD". Birth and Death registration indexes. FreeBMD. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. "Chorley". St. Laurence's Church, Baptism registers. Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. "Burnley". Cemetery registers. Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1919 deaths
- Sportspeople from Chorley
- English footballers
- Association football inside forwards
- Burnley F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English Football League representative players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Manchester Regiment soldiers
- Chorley F.C. players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- FA Cup Final players
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs