Russ Hodges (footballer)

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Russ Hodges
Personal information
Full name Russ Hodges
Date of birth (1953-07-19) 19 July 1953 (age 67)
Original team(s) Sandringham
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Ruck / Halfback
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1973–77 South Melbourne 38 (10)
1977–78 Fitzroy 31 (3)
Total69 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Russ Hodges (born 19 July 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Hodges also played VFA football for Sandringham and Kilsyth, serving as the inaugural captain-coach of the latter. In his time at Kilsyth in 1982, he jointly won the J. Field Medal as best and fairest in Division 2 (he originally finished runner-up on countback, but was later retrospectively made joint winner) [2] [3] and captained the Division 2 representative team. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 401. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ Marc Fiddian (26 August 1982). "Austen wins Liston". The Age. Melbourne. pp. 30, 28.
  3. ↑ Amanda Buivids (21 September 1989). "Champs rewarded at last". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 83.
  4. ↑ Marc Fiddian (10 June 1982). "Two changes to VFA side". The Age. Melbourne. p. 32.


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