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Joe
Hodkinson |
Blackburn Rovers FC
3 appearances, 0 goals
P 3 W 2 D
1 L 0 F 6: A 4
83% successful
1913-19
captain: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Timeline |
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Joseph Hodkinson |
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Birth |
Friday,
3 May
1889 in Lancaster, Lancashire |
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registered in Lancaster April-June 1889 |
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According to the 1891
census, Joseph is the youngest of three children, all sons, to Henry and
Alice Ann (née Brewer). His father is a smith striker and they live at 8 Lodge Place in
Lancaster. |
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According to the 1901
census, Joseph now has two younger sisters, and they, along with his older
brother and parents, live at 16 Alexandra Road in Lancaster. His father is
now a waggon wheel glutter. |
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According to the 1911
census, Joseph is now a labourer (footballer), boarding along with George
Hampton at the home of Emily Jacques at 179 High Street in Glossop. |
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Marriage |
to Ethel Collins, in on Tuesday, 2 June
1914, in Whitfield Parish Church, Derbyshire, he is a
professional footballer and both are living at 49 Duke Street in Whitfield |
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registered in Glossop April-June 1914 |
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Children |
Joe and Ethel Hodkinson have one daughter together. Irene (b.summer
1915) |
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Neither can be found in the 1921 census.
His
father died in 1922, his mother in 1932. |
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According to the 1939 register, Joseph, a general labourer and tinsmith,
and Ethel remain married and are living at 65 Ulster Road in Lancaster. |
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Death |
Friday, 18 June 1954 at 65 Ulster Road, Lancaster,
Lancashire |
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aged
65 years 46 days |
registered in Lancaster April-June 1954 |
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Obituary |
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Funeral |
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Probate |
"HODKINSON
Joseph of 65
Ulster-road
Lancaster
died 18 June 1954
Probate
Lancaster
28 August to Ethel Hodkinson widow and Thomas Kenneth Teasdale chartered
accountant.
Effects £3559 9s. 3d."
[2025 equivalent: £84,769]. |
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His wife, Ethel, died in the spring of 1946 |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began
his playing career with Lancaster St. Mary's FC, and then Lancaster Town
FC, from where he joined Glossop FC in 1909. Blackburn Rovers FC signed
Hodkinson in January 1913 for a £1000 transfer fee. Returned to
Lancaster Town FC in April 1923 to play out his career, retiring in 1925. |
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Club honours |
Football League Champions 1913-14; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (two
appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st.
7lbs [1919]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of seven who became the 368th
players (373)
to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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First match |
No. 115, 17 March 1913, England 4 Wales 3, a
British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, aged 23 years
318 days. |
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Last match |
No. 120,
26 October 1919, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall
Avenue Belfast, aged 29 years 176 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1912-13, 1919-20; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1912-13; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died
four days after George Brann and seventeen days after Jimmy Settle |
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Beyond England |
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In the 1920's, became a licensee in
his native Lancaster. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.132/3. |
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