Scott Hodges

Scott Hodges
Personal information
Date of birth	(1968-04-26) 26 April 1968 (age 48)
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Salisbury West
Debut	1987, Port Adelaide vs. Sturt, at Football Park
Height / weight	188cm / 92kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1987–1998	Port Adelaide (SANFL)	183 (684)
1991–93, 1996	Adelaide (AFL)	038 (100)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	3 (9)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights
Club 8x Port Adelaide premiership player (1988-90, 1992, 1994, 1995-96, 1998) 5x Port Adelaide leading goalkicker (1988-90, 1994, 1996) SANFL Magarey Medalist 1990 3x SANFL Ken Farmer Medalist (1990, 1994, 1996) SANFL Season Goalkicking Record Holder with 153 (1990) 2x Port Adelaide best and fairest 1990, 1996 Adelaide Crows Leading goalkicker 1992 Representative 3 games for South Australia Honours Port Adelaide Life Membership 1997 Port Adelaide greatest team (Forward pocket) Port Adelaide Hall of Fame 2002 SANFL Hall of Fame 2007
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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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). SANFL record for most goals kicked in a league season when he kicked 153 goals in 1990. Hodges kicked 684 goals in his 183-game SANFL career and added 100 goals in 38 games with Adelaide, as well as 7 goals in 2 games representing South Australia in State of Origin football.

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 won the Magarey Medal as the league's fairest and best player, the Ken Farmer Medal for being the league's leading goal kicker and Port Adelaide's best and fairest award. Hodges capped this magnificent individual season by capturing his third Premiership medallion, as Port Adelaide defeated Glenelg in the Grand Final by 15 points.

At the age of 22 and with the football world seemingly at his feet his utter dominance was expected to continue into the Australian Football League, where he joined the Adelaide Crows in their inaugural season in 1991, having turned down lucrative offers from the reigning AFL Premiers Collingwood and the Brisbane Bears in the process.

Due to injury and inconsistency Hodges was unable to fully reproduce his best form at the elite level, although there were glimpses of his potential – such as his 11-goal haul against eventual Grand Finalists Geelong in 1992.

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