Dennis Hodgetts

Dennis Hodgetts
Personal information
Date of birth (1863-11-28)28 November 1863
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 26 March 1945(1945-03-26) (aged 81)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1878-1881 Mitchell St George's
1881–1882 Great Lever
1882 – 1886 Mitchell St George's
1886–1895 Aston Villa 181 (62)
1896 Small Heath 22 (9)
International career
1888–1894 England 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Hodgetts (28 November 1863 – 25/26 March 1945),[1] commonly known as Denny Hodgetts, was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England.

Signed as a Youth player for Mitchell St George's in 1878 and played for three years.

When 17 he signed for Great Lever for the 1881-82 season.

In 1882 he returned to Mitchell St. George's F.C. where he stayed for four years.

Hodgetts signed for Aston Villa in February 1886.[2] The following year he scored the first goal in Aston Villa's first FA Cup final triumph. In 1895 he collected another FA Cup winners medal with Villa. Hodgetts was also a key member of the Football League title-winning sides of 1894 and 1896.

  1. ^ There are a number of sources and it's evenly divided between the 25 March or 26 March as the date of death.
  2. ^ Matthews, Tony (2004). Who's Who of Aston Villa. Mainstream Publishing. p. 148. ISBN 1-84018-821-9.