Jock Dodds
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ephraim Dodds | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Grangemouth, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 23 February 2007 (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Blackpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Medomsley Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1934 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1934 | Lincoln City | 0 | (0) |
| 1934–1939 | Sheffield United | 178 | (113) |
| 1939–1946 | Blackpool | 15 | (13) |
| 1946 | Shamrock Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1946–1948 | Everton | 55 | (36) |
| 1948–1950 | Lincoln City | 60 | (39) |
| Total | 308 | (201) | |
| National team | |||
| Scotland (wartime) | 8 | (9) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ephraim "Jock" Dodds (7 September 1915 – 23 February 2007) was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium.
Dodds was born in Grangemouth. His father died when he was two years old. His family moved to Durham in 1927 after his mother remarried. Four years later, at the age of 16, he began his career at First Division Huddersfield Town as a centre forward.
In 1934, after just two years with the Terriers, and after a short spell with Lincoln City, he took a free transfer to Second Division Sheffield United. Dodds later became the Blades' leading scorer for four successive seasons, netting a total of 130 goals in just 203 appearances.
His debut came on 15 September 1934, against Burnley but despite playing and scoring regularly in the following months, the club was unconvinced that he was yet of first-team quality. The club made an enquiry into the return of former player Jimmy Dunne, who found himself out of favour at Arsenal after he had been sold, but this came to nothing due to a cartilage injury. Dodds secured his position by scoring four goals in the next game, a 6–1 victory against Southampton on 16 February 1935. Dodds' prolific goalscoring helped the club reached the 1936 FA Cup Final. Dodds almost scored in the final, hitting the crossbar with a header. It was said by Ernest Jackson that he would have scored nine times out of ten from such a position and Dodds himself claimed that he had been pushed in the back by Wilf Copping. United ultimately lost the final to Arsenal, 1–0, thanks to a goal by Ted Drake
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