Brian Rhodes (footballer)

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Brian Rhodes

| image = Brian Rhodes.jpg

| fullname = Brian William Rhodes{{Hugman|16590|accessdate=29 October 2021}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1937|10|23}}

| birth_place = Marylebone, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|11|17|1937|10|23|df=y}}

| death_place = New Zealand

| position = Goalkeeper

| height =

| youthyears1= 1954–1957

| youthclubs1= West Ham United

| years1 = 1957–1963 | years2 = 1963–1964 | years3 =1964–1965

| clubs1 = West Ham United | clubs2 = Southend United | clubs3 = South Coast United

| caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 0| caps3 = | goals3 =

| nationalyears1= | nationalteam1=

| nationalcaps1= | nationalgoals1 =

| club-update = 10 May 2009

}}

Brian William Rhodes (23 October 1937 – 17 November 1993) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Born in Marylebone, Rhodes played professional football for West Ham United, joining the club as a junior before playing 61 league matches.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/R/RE.html|title=Australian Player Database – RE|publisher=ozfootball.net|accessdate=2009-05-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=550&united=Brian_Rhodes|title=Brian Rhodes|publisher=westhamstats.info|accessdate=2009-05-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/brianrhodes.html|title=Player – Brian Rhodes|publisher=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com|accessdate=2009-05-10}} After leaving West Ham Rhodes joined Southend United where he played 11 matches in 1963 and 1964.{{cite web|url=http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=420|title=Player Detail – Brian Rhodes|publisher=Southend United Database|accessdate=2009-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725221909/http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=420|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

In 1964 Rhodes emigrated to Australia where he played for South Coast United and represented the state of New South Wales.