Martin Hodgson
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| Born | 26 March 1909 Egremont, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 July 1991 (aged 82) Swinton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Hodgson (26 March 1909 – 23 July 1991) was an English
Ashes-winning squads, between 1929 and 1937.[4]
Biography
Martin Hodgson was born in Egremont, Cumberland, England, he worked in the heat treating department at David Brown Ltd. in Lockwood, Huddersfield, he was the landlord of The Unicorn public house (now demolished), Shambles Lane, Huddersfield c. 1950–55, and he died aged 82 in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England.[5]
Playing career
Hodgson signed for
1927 Lancashire Cup, playing in their victory over Wigan. He won caps for Great Britain while at Swinton in 1929-30 against Australia (2 matches), in 1932 against Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), in 1933 against Australia (3 matches), in 1936 against Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, and in 1937 against Australia.[3] Hodgsoon also won caps for England while at Swinton in 1928 against Wales, in 1929 against Other Nationalities, in 1932 against Wales, in 1935 against France, in 1936 against Wales (2 matches), France, in 1937 against France,[2]
During the
Hodgson was selected to go on the
1940 Lancashire Cup
, and Hodgson played in their victory over Widnes in the final.
After retirement
In 2005 Hodgson was inducted into the
British Rugby League Hall of Fame.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Morgan, Martin (17 October 2005). "Hall of Fame honour for league legends". The Cumberland News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ Bulls quick to trade Higham for Newton, Gareth Walker, The Guardian, Friday 21 October 2005
- ^ "Club History". Swinton Lions Tales & More. swintonlionstales.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Martin Hodgson at therfl.co.uk
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) Martin Hodgson at rugbyleaguehistory.co.uk
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