DATE OF BIRTH
Oct Q 1871
Tunstall
died: Stoke-on-Trent Jul Q 1944
TOTAL APPEARANCES
28
YEARS PLAYED
1895 — 1897
GOALS
4
John Hodgkinson arrived at St Mary’s from Potteries football for a £3 fee.
His short-cropped hair and rolled-up sleeves earned him the nickname of “Ironside” from Bill Dawson, the Saints’ trainer.
He immediately made the left-half position in the Southern League side his own and played in every possible FA Cup-tie until his departure at the end of the 1896-97 season. He briefly remained in that League with New Brompton but then went non-league: first in Lancashire; then in Derbyshire. Returning to the Potteries, he resumed his pre-football job as a Potter’s Placer, placing the pots and other wares in the kilns.
Debut v Chatham H 18.01.1896SL
Last v Tottenham Hotspur H 29.03.1897SL
Other Teams
- Tunstall T
- SOUTHAMPTON St MARY’S Dec 1895
- New Brompton May 1897
- Ashton-in-Makerfield Sep 1897
- Wirksworth St Mary’s Sep 1902
| Competition | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN LEAGUE | 20 | 3 |
| FA CUP | 8 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 4 |