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English footballer

Cyril Hodges
Personal information
Full name Cyril Leslie Hodges
Date of birth (1919-09-18)18 September 1919
Place of birth Hackney, England
Date of death September 1979 (aged 59–60)
Place of death Brighton, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1944 Eton Manor
1944–1946 Arsenal 2 (0)
1946–1947 Brighton & Hove Albion 9 (3)
1947–19?? Haywards Heath
Total 11 (3)
Managerial career
1947–195? Haywards Heath (coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril Leslie Hodges (18 September 1919 – September 1979) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League.

Career

Hodges was born in Hackney, London, in 1919. After playing with Eton Manor, Hodges joined Arsenal in 1944 and turned professional in April 1945. He made two appearances for them in the Football League, before joining Brighton & Hove Albion, where he made a further nine League appearances. After a spell as a player-coach with Haywards Heath, Hodges spent eleven years as trainer and then coach at Brighton & Hove Albion. He remained living in Brighton, and died in the town in September 1979.

References

  1. ^ "Cyril Hodges". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Cyril Hodges". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. "Cyril Hodges". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.


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