Hodgkinson: Edwin (Eddie)

1946-1948 (Player Details)

Right Half

Born: Ilkeston: 27-11-1920

Debut: Everton (a): 26-05-1947

5’8” 11st 8lb (1948)

A keep-fit fanatic, Hodgkinson was signed from junior football in December 1946 and made his debut in the last match of the 1946-47 season, with Leeds already doomed to relegation from the First Division and nothing but pride to play for. They were humiliated 4-1 at Goodison Park by a team who could only finish tenth. He played his second and final League appearance at Elland Road in a rare 2-1 triumph, over Millwall on 22nd November 1947, before Leeds signed Jim Bullions from Derby County and he became the regular right-half for the rest of the season. During his days at Elland Road he ran a youth club in Mansfield. He moved to Halifax Town on a free-transfer in July 1948 after the Shaymen beat Mansfield Town, Stockport County and Bournemouth for his signature. He scored twice in thirteen games for Town before being released in June 1950. He died in Mansfield in October 2004.