Frank Hodgkin | |||
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![]() Hodgkin during his St Kilda career | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 20 June 1941 | ||
Date of death | 17 December 2017 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Wodonga, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Kergunyah | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Centre half-forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1961–1962 | St Kilda | 32 (21) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frank D. Hodgkin (20 June 1941 – 17 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hodgkin, originally from Kergunyah in the Tallangatta & District Football League, debuting as a 14-year and playing in a premiership in 1955. Hodgkin started his Ovens & Murray Football League career at Myrtleford in 1957, aged 17 and represented the O&MFL against the South West Football League. [1] Despite his young age, Hodgkin was chosen in the league's representative team in his debut season. [1] After winning Myrtleford's best and fairest award in 1960, Hodgkin went to St Kilda for the 1961 VFL season. [1]
He made an instant impression in a pre-season practice match when he traded punches with captain Neil Roberts, then later Eric Guy, the vice captain. [2] He played 18 of a possible 19 games in 1961, including St Kilda's semi-final loss to Footscray. [3] His performances that season earned him the "best first-year player" award. [1] A centre half-forward, Hodgkin's spot in the team became less certain due to the emergence of Darrel Baldock. [1] [4]
In 1963 he returned to Myrtleford, where he won a second best and fairest. [5]
From 1964 to 1967, Hodgkin played for Ganmain in the South Western District Football League and was a member of two premiership teams (1964 and 1965). [5] He won the league's best and fairest award in 1966. [6] [5]
Rutherglen secured him as coach in 1968 and he remained in that position for three years. [5]
Hodgkin played with North Albury from 1971 to 1974, then coached Mitta United to a premiership in the 1975 Tallangatta League season, in which he booted 120 goals. [1] [5] In 1976 he spent the year with Wodonga, before he had two season stints back at North Albury and Mitta United, retiring in 1980. [5]
Hodgkin kicked 238 goals during his time in the O&MFL.
Hodgkin played 426 games of senior football over a 25-year period. [7]
His younger brother, Robert, played for Fitzroy. [4]
He died in 2017 at the age of 76. [8]
Frank Hodgkin | |||
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![]() Hodgkin during his St Kilda career | |||
Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 20 June 1941 | ||
Date of death | 17 December 2017 | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Wodonga, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Kergunyah | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Centre half-forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1961–1962 | St Kilda | 32 (21) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962. | |||
Career highlights | |||
| |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Frank D. Hodgkin (20 June 1941 – 17 December 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hodgkin, originally from Kergunyah in the Tallangatta & District Football League, debuting as a 14-year and playing in a premiership in 1955. Hodgkin started his Ovens & Murray Football League career at Myrtleford in 1957, aged 17 and represented the O&MFL against the South West Football League. [1] Despite his young age, Hodgkin was chosen in the league's representative team in his debut season. [1] After winning Myrtleford's best and fairest award in 1960, Hodgkin went to St Kilda for the 1961 VFL season. [1]
He made an instant impression in a pre-season practice match when he traded punches with captain Neil Roberts, then later Eric Guy, the vice captain. [2] He played 18 of a possible 19 games in 1961, including St Kilda's semi-final loss to Footscray. [3] His performances that season earned him the "best first-year player" award. [1] A centre half-forward, Hodgkin's spot in the team became less certain due to the emergence of Darrel Baldock. [1] [4]
In 1963 he returned to Myrtleford, where he won a second best and fairest. [5]
From 1964 to 1967, Hodgkin played for Ganmain in the South Western District Football League and was a member of two premiership teams (1964 and 1965). [5] He won the league's best and fairest award in 1966. [6] [5]
Rutherglen secured him as coach in 1968 and he remained in that position for three years. [5]
Hodgkin played with North Albury from 1971 to 1974, then coached Mitta United to a premiership in the 1975 Tallangatta League season, in which he booted 120 goals. [1] [5] In 1976 he spent the year with Wodonga, before he had two season stints back at North Albury and Mitta United, retiring in 1980. [5]
Hodgkin kicked 238 goals during his time in the O&MFL.
Hodgkin played 426 games of senior football over a 25-year period. [7]
His younger brother, Robert, played for Fitzroy. [4]
He died in 2017 at the age of 76. [8]