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Gordon Hodgson: Forward |
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Date of Birth: 16.04.1904 |
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Dead: 14.06.1951 |
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With the Reds: 1925-1936 |
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Bought from: Transvaal FC |
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Signed for LFC:
ЈN/A - 14.12.1925 |
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Debut: 27th February1926 v
Manchester City (A draw 1-1 (Aged 22) |
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Last match: 21.02.1934 |
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Debut goal:
10.03.1926 |
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1st team league
games: 358 |
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1st team league
goals: 233 |
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Total 1st team
games: 377 |
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Total 1st team
goals: 241 |
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Contract expiry: January
1936, transfered to Aston Villa for Ј3,000 |
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International caps:
3 England (3 as Liverpool), 1 South Africa |
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International
goals: 1 England |
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International debut:
20.10.1930 England vs. Northern Ireland / 02.11.1924 South Africa vs. Netherlands |
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Former clubs:
Transvaal FC (S-Africa), Aston Villa, Leeds United, Port Vale; Hartlepools United
(wartime guest) |
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Birth Place: Johannesburg,
S-Africa |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1925-26 |
12 |
4 |
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12 |
4 |
| 1926-27 |
36 |
16 |
4 |
2 |
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40 |
18 |
| 1927-28 |
32 |
23 |
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32 |
23 |
| 1928-29 |
38 |
30 |
3 |
2 |
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41 |
32 |
| 1929-30 |
36 |
14 |
1 |
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37 |
14 |
| 1930-31 |
40 |
36 |
1 |
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41 |
36 |
| 1931-32 |
39 |
26 |
4 |
1 |
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43 |
27 |
| 1932-33 |
37 |
24 |
1 |
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38 |
24 |
| 1933-34 |
37 |
24 |
3 |
1 |
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40 |
25 |
| 1934-35 |
34 |
27 |
2 |
2 |
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36 |
29 |
| 1935-36 |
17 |
9 |
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17 |
9 |
| Total |
358 |
233 |
19 |
6 |
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377 |
241 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 358 |
League |
| 19 |
FA Cup |
Career Milestones for Gordon Hodgson:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
27.02.1926 |
Manchester City |
1-1 |
Maine Road |
League |
| 50 |
23.04.1927 |
Birmingham |
0-3 |
St Andrews |
League |
| 100 |
08.12.1928 |
Sunderland |
1-2 |
Roker Park |
League |
| 150 |
15.02.1930 |
Birmingham |
0-1 |
St Andrews |
League |
| 200 |
11.04.1931 |
Sunderland |
2-4 |
Anfield |
League |
| 250 |
07.09.1932 |
Sheffield United |
2-2 |
Anfield |
League |
| 300 |
25.11.1933 |
West Bromwich A |
1-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 350 |
09.02.1935 |
West Bromwich A |
1-1 |
The Hawthorns |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
10.03.1926 |
0 |
Manchester United |
3-3 |
Old Trafford |
League |
| 50 |
27.10.1928 |
31 |
Arsenal |
4-4 |
Highbury |
League |
| 100 |
04.10.1930 |
43 |
ewcastle United |
4-0 |
St James Park |
League |
| 150 |
29.03.1932 |
18 |
Huddersfield |
3-4 |
Leeds Road |
League |
| 200 |
14.04.1934 |
85 |
Arsenal |
2-3 |
Anfield |
League |
Update: 22.10.2007 |
PROFILE
One of the club's greatest-ever goalscorers; only Roger Hunt has scored more in League
games for Liverpool but all of Gordon's 232 League strikes came in the First Division -
from 359 games, a fantastic goals-per-game ratio. Gordon came to England as one of the
youngest members of a South African touring side but chose to stay in the country,
thankfully as far as Liverpool Football Club was concerned!
He played in 12 matches towards the end of the 1925-26 season, scoring 4 times, but
that was just a taste of what was to come. Over the next nine seasons, he missed very few
games in League and cup and scored prolifically throughout that period. It was a shame
that this golden run coincided with a barren period for the club because his contribution
to the Liverpool cause was massive and he deserved to end up with more than the handful of
England and Football League representative honours he received. He was such a consistent
performer that it is perhaps difficult to single out years that were extra-special for
him, but perhaps the two seasons when he scored 30 or more First Division goals (1928-29
& 1930-31) showed him at his peak.
The 36 League goals he scored in the second of those two seasons set a club record
that would not be beaten (by Roger Hunt) for over thirty years. There were three
hat-tricks that season in home games but perhaps it was the four goals he scored in an
away match at Hillsborough that gave him the most satisfaction ?
Gordon moved to Aston Villa in January 1936 at the age of 31 and then left the
Midlands for Yorkshire when he joined Leeds United a year later. He was still as prolific
as ever, scoring FIVE times when Leeds beat Leicester City in October 1938, and became one
of the very few men to have scored over 300 times in Football League matches. He was an
all-round sportsman, having played cricket on over 50 occasions for Lancashire. But soccer
was his first love and it was no surprise that he progressed from player to manager, which
he did by taking charge of team affairs at Port Vale in October 1946. He was there for
over four years and saw them move to their current stadium (Vale Park) in 1950. With a
promising managerial career still in its infancy, it came as a great shock when he died in
Stoke-on-Trent on 14th June 1951 at the early age of 47.
ENGLAND
1930 v Northern Ireland, Wales; 1931 v Scotland (3).
Claim to fame: Scoring the most hat-tricks in Liverpool history
Did you know? He was a fine all-round sportsman who played
first-class cricket for Lancashire and also excelled at baseball while at Liverpool
Where is he now? Passed away at the premature age of 47 in June
1951
John Keith on Gordon Hodgson: "He was a really top class
striker and also a tremendous cricketer in the summer. Clearly in the 1920's I would say
he was one of the best strikers in the business and again his name will always be up there
with the best scorers of all-time in Liverpool's history, up alongside the likes of Hunt,
Rush, Fowler and Owen." |
