Carl Hoddle

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Carl Hoddle
Date of birth	8 March 1967 (1967-03-08)
Place of birth	Harlow, England
Date of death	2 March 2008 (aged 40)
Place of death	Sawbridgeworth, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984–1989 1989–1991 1991–1995	Tottenham Hotspur Leyton Orient Barnet	00 0(0) 29 0(2) 92 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Carl Hoddle (8 March 1967 – 2 March 2008) was an English football player and coach.

The younger brother of England international Glenn Hoddle, Carl began his career with Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. After five years he moved to Leyton Orient, where he played 29 times,^[1] before ending his playing career at Barnet in 1995 after 100 appearances. He also had a spell with conference side Woking FC. One notable game he played for the Bees was in the FA Cup against Chelsea in 1994, who were at the time managed by his older brother. He later worked in the used car trade and as a pub landlord before joining his older brother as a coach and scout at Wolverhampton Wanderers between 2004 and 2006.^[2]^[3] He died on 2 March 2008 after his body was found collapsed in his home from what was initially suspected to be a heart attack but later confirmed as a brain aneurysm .^[4]^[5]