Len Hodges

Len Hodges
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Herbert Hodges
Date of birth	17 February 1920
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Date of death	5 August 1959 (aged 39)
Place of death	Bristol, England
Position(s)	Inside forward/Centre forward
Youth career
	Portway
	Bristol Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team
??????	Kingswood Aero Engineers
????–1946	Soundwell
1946–1950	Bristol Rovers
1950–1951	Swansea Town
1951–1953	Reading
1953–1954	Chippenham Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Herbert Hodges (17 February 1920 – 5 August 1959) was a professional footballer who played in The Football League for Bristol Rovers, Swansea Town (now known as Swansea City), and Reading between 1946 and 1953.

Hodges's entry into professional football was delayed by the Second World War, eventually joining his first professional club and his home town team Bristol Rovers in 1946 when he was aged 26. He scored five goals in each of his four seasons with The Pirates in 118 League games, and later played twice for Swansea Town and six times for Reading, where he was captain of their reserve team. He ended his career with non-League side Chippenham Town, retiring in 1954. He died just five years later, in 1959, at the age of 39 after developing meningitis.

Sources

Jay, Mike; Byrne, Stephen (1994). Pirates in Profile: A Who's Who of Bristol Rovers Players. Bristol: Potten, Baber & Murray. p. 122. ISBN 0-9524835-0-5.