Dennis Hodgetts
Football, Football player
1863 – 1945
Who was Dennis Hodgetts?
Dennis 'Denny' Hodgetts was a football player in the early years of professional football in England.
Dennis Hodgetts signed for Aston Villa in 1886. 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 League Championship winning sides of 1894 and 1896.
On the eve of Villa's Double winning success in 1897 Hodgetts transferred to local rivals Small Heath before retiring in 1898.
He made 6 appearances for England between 1888 and 1894, scoring once.
He went on to become a publican, and in 1930 was elected Aston Villa's vice-president, a position he held until his death, aged 81, in March 1945.
The Villa News and Record 1 Sept. 1906
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- Born
- Nov 28, 1863
Birmingham - Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- Birmingham
- Died
- Mar 26, 1945
Birmingham
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on July 23, 2013
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