Kym Hodgeman

Kym Hodgeman (born 30 July 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (VFL) and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1974 until his retirement in 1990.

A goalkicking rover, Hodgeman established a reputation as a skillful and courageous player. He won the Reserves grade Magarey Medal in 1974 despite spending almost half the season playing in Glenelg's league team.

Hodgeman won Glenelg's best and fairest award in 1977 and 1978 and also topped the club's goal kicking for seasons in 1978 (51 goals) and 1979 (32 goals). In 1978, Hodgeman won the League's highest individual award, the Magarey Medal for "fairest and most brilliant" player, polling one vote more than three-time winner of the award, Russell Ebert. By winning the medal Hodgeman became one of just a handful of players who would win the award in both the SANFL League and Reserves competitions.

In 1979 Hodgeman was selected as an All-Australian following that year's State of Origin Carnival in Perth.

Like many South Australian players of the time, Hodgeman was lured to the more lucrative VFL at the peak of his career. In late 1977, he signed a Form Four which tied him to the Carlton Football Club when he chose to move to Victoria; but, in 1980, while Hodgeman was still at Glenelg, Carlton traded his Form Four to Melbourne as part of a deal to secure Greg Wells. Hodgeman had no desire to play for Melbourne, and objected to Carlton's treatment of his contract, likening it to horse trading, so he turned his back on both clubs and signed with North Melbourne in 1981.