Teddy Hodgson

Teddy Hodgson
Personal information
Full nameEdward Hodgson
Date of birth1885
Place of birthChorley, England
Date of death4 August 1919 (aged 33)
Place of deathWhalley, England
Playing positionInside forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1911–1915Burnley120(53)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Edward "Teddy" Hodgson (1885 – 4 August 1919) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He won the FA Cup with Burnley in 1914. He originally played non-league football with his hometown club Chorley before joining Football League Second Division side Burnley in 1911 at the age of 25. Hodgson went on to make 120 league appearances for Burnley, scoring 53 goals. He fought for the Allied forces during the First World War, but still represented Burnley as a wartime guest player, scoring 39 goals in 62 matches. He also assisted Clapton Orient during the 1917-18 War League. Source: Neilson N. Kaufman, honorary historian Leyton Orient FC.

Hodgson contracted a kidney problem while on service and died on 4 August 1919.

References

Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939.

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Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. "Burnley". Cemetery registers. Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. Retrieved 8 August 2011.