Teddy Hodgson Explained
Teddy Hodgson |
Fullname: | Edward Hodgson[1] |
Birth Date: | 1885 |
Birth Place: | Chorley, England |
Death Date: | 4 August 1919 (aged 33) |
Death Place: | Whalley, England |
Position: | Inside forward |
Years1: | –1911 |
Clubs1: | Chorley |
Years2: | 1911–1919 |
Clubs2: | Burnley |
Caps2: | 120 |
Goals2: | 53 |
Nationalyears1: | 1914 |
Nationalteam1: | Football League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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.[4] He fought in the Manchester Regiment, reaching rank of sergeant, during the First World War, 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] He was buried at Burnley Cemetery.[2] [7]
Honours
Burnley
References
Sources
- Web site: FreeBMD . FreeBMD . Birth and Death registration indexes . FreeBMD . 8 August 2011.
- Web site: Chorley . Lancashire Online Parish Clerks . St. Laurence's Church, Baptism registers . Lancashire Online Parish Clerks . 8 August 2011.
- Web site: Burnley . Lancashire Online Parish Clerks . Cemetery registers . Lancashire Online Parish Clerks . 8 August 2011.
Notes and References
- Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 . 16 October 2012 . Tony Brown . 9781905891610 . 3rd Revised . 140.
- News: Burnley FC And The Great War – News – Burnley Football Club . 25 July 2018 . en-gb.
- Web site: Burnley Roll of Honour Sergeant Edward Hodgson . www.burnleyinthegreatwar.info . 25 July 2018.
- Web site: Edward 'Teddy' Hodgson . 11v11.com . 25 July 2018.
- Web site: Burnley to Berlin – football remembered . Council . Lancashire County . Lancashire.gov.uk . en-GB . 9 October 2016.
- Web site: Battle of the Somme: 100 years on . www.burnleyfootballclub.com . en-gb . 23 April 2020.
- https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/375379/e-hodgson/