Russ Hodges (born 19 July 1953) is a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
South Melbourne and
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hodges also played VFA football for
Sandringham and
Kilsyth
Kilsyth (; Scottish Gaelic ''Cill Saidhe'') is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland. The estimated population is 9,860. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the relig ...
, serving as the inaugural captain-coach of the latter. In his time at Kilsyth in 1982, he jointly won the
J. Field Medal as best and fairest in Division 2 (he originally finished runner-up on countback, but was later retrospectively made joint winner)
and captained the Division 2 representative team.
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Living people
1953 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sydney Swans players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Sandringham Football Club players