Scott Hodges

Scott Hodges
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-04-26) 26 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Salisbury West
Debut 1987, Port Adelaide vs. Sturt, at Football Park
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1987–1998 Port Adelaide (SANFL) 167 (671) [1]
1991–93, 1996 Adelaide (AFL) 38 (100)
Total 205 (771)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 3 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights

Club

Representative

Honours

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Scott Lyall Hodges (born 26 April 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Hodges kicked 671 goals in his 167-game SANFL career and another 100 goals in 38 games with Adelaide. He also kicked nine goals in three games representing South Australia in State of Origin football, and 19 goals in 15 night series matches for Port Adelaide.

Hodges is best remembered for his outstanding career as a full-forward with Port Adelaide in the SANFL between 1987 and 1998, the pinnacle of which came in 1990 when he kicked an SANFL single season record 153 goals, won the Magarey Medal as the league's fairest and best player, the Ken Farmer Medal for being the league's leading goal kicker, Port Adelaide's best and fairest award, and played in Port Adelaide's premiership team.

  1. ^ These totals refer to premiership matches (home and away and finals matches) only.