Wilfred Hodder
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Personal information
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| Full name | Wilfred Hodder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Wilf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1896 Abersychan, Wales |
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| Died | 12 November 1957 (aged 61) Morecambe/Lancaster, England |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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| Position | Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilfred "Wilf" Hodder (6 May 1896 — 12 November 1957 (aged 61)) born in Abersychan, was a Welsh miner, hotelier, served in the Royal Field Artillery in World War I, a member of the Board of directors at Wigan RLFC, and was a dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s, and 1920s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Talywain RFC, and Pontypool RFC, as a Lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Wigan, as a Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, he died in Morecambe/Lancaster.
Hodder won 6 caps for Wales (RU) in 1922–1928 while at Pontypool RFC in 1921 against England, Scotland, and France, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at Wigan, including the 34-8 victory over New Zealand at Pontypridd in 1926, and five losses to England.
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