Teddy Hodgson

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Teddy Hodgson

| fullname = Edward Hodgson{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781905891610 |edition=3rd Revised |page=140}}

| birth_date = 1885

| birth_place = Chorley, England

| death_date = 4 August 1919 (aged 33)

| death_place = Whalley, England

| position = Inside forward

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1911

| clubs1 = Chorley

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1911–1919

| clubs2 = Burnley

| caps2 = 120

| goals2 = 53

| nationalyears1 = 1914

| nationalteam1 = Football League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Edward Hodgson (1885 – 4 August 1919) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.

He originally played non-league football with his hometown club Chorley before joining Second Division side Burnley in 1911 at the age of 25.{{Cite news |url=https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2014/november/-burnley-fc-and-the-great-war/ |title=Burnley FC And The Great War – News – Burnley Football Club |access-date=25 July 2018 |language=en-gb}} He won the FA Cup with the club in 1914.{{Cite web |url=http://www.burnleyinthegreatwar.info/burnleyrollofhonourmenh/hodgsonedward79012.htm |title=Burnley Roll of Honour Sergeant Edward Hodgson |website=www.burnleyinthegreatwar.info |access-date=25 July 2018}} Hodgson went on to make 137 appearances for Burnley, scoring 62 goals.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/edward-teddy-hodgson-128892/ |title=Edward 'Teddy' Hodgson |website=11v11.com |access-date=25 July 2018}}

He fought serving with the Manchester Regiment, reaching rank of sergeant, during the First World War, but still represented Burnley as a wartime guest player, scoring 39 goals in 62 matches.

Hodgson contracted a kidney problem while on service and died at Whalley Military Hospital on 4 August 1919.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/ww1/blog/burnley-to-berlin-football-remembers.aspx |title=Burnley to Berlin – football remembered |last=Council |first=Lancashire County |website=Lancashire.gov.uk |language=en-GB |access-date=9 October 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2016/july/battle-of-the-somme-100-years-on/ |title=Battle of the Somme: 100 years on |website=www.burnleyfootballclub.com |language=en-gb |access-date=23 April 2020}} He was buried at Burnley Cemetery.[https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/375379/e-hodgson/] CWGC casualty record Serjeant E Hodgson - accessed 4 May 2023.