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Player #42

From:

To:

Career Status:

1886-87

1895-96

Retired

Appearances:

218

Starts:

218

Goals:

85

Assists:

11

Involvements:

96

Dennis Hodgetts

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Forward

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Dennis Hodgetts

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1886-96 🕒 218 | ⚽ 85 | 🔥 - | #42 |

Season :

1886-87
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
1890-91
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894-95
1895-96

Age :

22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Division :

FAC
FAC
FL
FL
FL
FL
D1
D1
D1
D1

Squad # :

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#
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Appearances :

10
4
20
21
20
29
29
33
30
22

Starts :

10
4
20
21
20
29
29
33
30
22

Substitute :

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Unused :

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Goals :

5
2
10
11
6
16
7
14
13
2

Assists :

0
3
3
2
3
-
-
-
-
-

Involvements :

5
5
13
13
9
16
7
14
13
2

Games / Goal :

2.00
2.00
2.00
1.91
3.33

Bookings :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Sendings Off :

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Dennis Hodgetts

Birth Date

28 November 1863

Birth Place

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Birth Country

England

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Citizenship

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England

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams (incl. Youth)

The Dreadnought
Mitchell St. George’s
Birmingham St. George’s
1881-82 Great Lever FC
1882-86 Mitchell St. George’s

Original Transfer

Aged

22

From

Birmingham St. George's

For

Free

On

1886

Under

George Ramsay

Returning Transfer 1

Aged

n/a

From

n/a

For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Returning Transfer 2

Aged

n/a

From

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For

n/a

On

n/a

Under

n/a

Transfer Notes

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out 1

Aged

To

For

On

Under

32

Small Heath

Free

1896

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Transfer Out 2

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Transfer Out 3

Aged

To

For

On

Under

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1896 Small Heath
Retired

Died

25 March 1945, Aged 81

Dennis Hodgetts

Villa Career

1886-96 Free, 218 | 85 | #42 |

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Played Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

30 October 1886

Under

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

First Squad

30 October 1886

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Debut

Season

Date

Match

Age

Manager

1886-87

30 October 1886

Wednesbury Old Athletic (h), FA Cup

22

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

Aged

Manager

1895-96

1 February 1896

Derby County (a), FA Cup

32

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Final Squad

1 February 1896

Manager

George Ramsay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Honours

1886-87 FA Cup Winners |
1893-94 League Champions |
1894-95 FA Cup Winners |
1895-96 League Champions |

Height

Foot

International Record

National Team

England

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

1888-94 🕒 6 | ⚽ 1 |

England

Caps with Villa

1888-94 🕒 6 | ⚽ 1 |

Dennis Hodgetts

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Player #44 for Aston Villa, Dennis Hodgetts played as a forward for the club. Dennis represented Villa between 1886-87 and 1895-96

Dennis was born in Edgbaston just five miles from Villa’s current ground on 28th November 1863 and made his debut as a 22 year old on 30th October 1886.

Villa had signed Dennis from Birmingham St. George’s and he went on to represent the club over ten seasons.

Following in the footsteps of the great Archie Hunter, Dennis arguably became Villa’s second true legend.

Dennis played all of the 10 games in Villa’s victorious 1886-87 FA Cup campaign, including the final at the Kennington Oval that hosted the 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.

Dennis also made 5 appearances in the ultimately unsuccessful run to the 1891-92 FA Cup Final.

However Dennis was back on winning form with 5 appearances in Villa’s victorious 1894-95 FA Cup campaign, including the final at Crystal Palace that hosted the 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.

Dennis’ success wasn’t limited to the cups, he also secured 2 league championships, leading Villa to 2 league titles, 6 top 5 finishes and 8 top 10 finishes in his 8 league seasons with the club.

Dennis made 29 League appearances in the 1893-94 title winning season scoring 12 goals along the way and making a 21 appearance and 3 goal contribution to Villa’s 1895-96 title winning season.

The Villa News and Record of 1st September 1906 paid tribute to Dennis:

“A born football player. Remarkably clever with his feet, and possessed many original ideas. Effective in combination, an admirable coach, his skill and unselfishness having the happiest results. Shone especially in ‘nursing’ players lighter and less skilful than himself, many juniors coming into prominence on the strength of his tuition and example.”

Dennis’ final game for Villa came on 1st February 1896 after which he joined Small Heath however he was soon back with Villa taking up the role of senior coach in the 1899-00 and then became Vice President serving the club from 1910 to 1945.

Dennis had played his entire Villa career under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.

Dennis passed away on 25th March 1945 in Perry Barr, Birmingham aged 81.

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