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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1968}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Scott Hodges
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = Salisbury West
| debutdate = 1987
| debutteam = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| debutopponent = [[Sturt Football Club|Sturt]]
| debutstadium = [[Football Park]]
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 92 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1998
| years1 = 1987–1998
| club1 = [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] ([[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]])
| games_goals1 = 167 (671) <ref> These totals refer to premiership matches (home and away and finals matches) only. </ref>
| years2 = 1991–93, 1996
| club2 = {{AFL Ade}} ([[Australian Football League|AFL]])
| games_goals2 = 38 (100)
| games_goalstotal = 205 (771)
| sooteam1 = [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]]
| soogames_goals1 = 3 (9)
| careerhighlights ='''Club'''
*8× [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] premiership player (1988-90, 1992, 1994, 1995-96, 1998)
*5× [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] leading goalkicker (1988-90, 1994, 1996)
*[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] [[Magarey Medal]]ist 1990
*3× [[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] [[Ken Farmer Medal]]ist (1990, 1994, 1996)
*[[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]] Season Goalkicking Record Holder with 153 (1990)
*2× [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] [[best and fairest]] 1990, 1996
* [[List of Adelaide Football Club leading goalkickers|Adelaide leading goalkicker]] 1992
'''Representative'''
*3 games for [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]]
'''Honours'''
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] Life Membership 1997
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club#Greatest Team|Port Adelaide greatest team]] ([[Forward pocket]])
*[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] Hall of Fame 2002
*[[SANFL Hall of Fame]] 2007
}}

'''Scott Lyall Hodges''' (born 26 April 1968) is a former professional [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Adelaide Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) and the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] in the [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL). Hodges kicked 671 goals in his 167-game SANFL career and another 100 goals in 38 games with Adelaide. He also kicked nine goals in three games representing [[South Australia]] in [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football|State of Origin]] football, and 19 goals in 15 night series matches for Port Adelaide.

Hodges is best remembered for his outstanding career as a full-forward with [[Port Adelaide Magpies|Port Adelaide]] in the SANFL between 1987 and 1998, the pinnacle of which came in 1990 when he kicked an SANFL single season record 153 goals, won the [[Magarey Medal]] as the league's fairest and best player, the [[Ken Farmer Medal]] for being the league's leading goal kicker, Port Adelaide's [[best and fairest]] award, and played in [[1990 SANFL Grand Final|Port Adelaide's premiership team]].

== Football ==
Hodges grew up as a Port Adelaide supporter and played his junior football at the Salisbury West Football Club.

=== Port Adelaide ===
Even though most Port Adelaide stalwarts of the era are highly decorated due to the stunning successes of the eighties and nineties, Hodges still manages to stand out. Along with his [[Magarey Medal]], he won the Ken Farmer medal three times (1990, 1994, 1996), Port Adelaide's best and fairest twice (1990, 1996) and an eight-time Port Adelaide premiership player (1988–90, 1992, 1994–96, 1998).

Hodges retired from SANFL football in 1998, having played 167 games and kicked 671 goals in premiership matches since his debut in 1987.<ref>[http://thepowerfromport.com.au/port_sanfl_player_profile.php?player_id=903&club_id=6 "Scott Hodges Player Profile"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174216/http://thepowerfromport.com.au/port_sanfl_player_profile.php?player_id=903&club_id=6|date=27 September 2007}}, from The Power From Port (Registration required), Accessed 11 February 2007</ref> His 671 goals for Port Adelaide is second behind club legend [[Tim Evans (footballer)|Tim Evans]] who kicked 993 goals for the club between 1975 and 1986, while Hodges is also the sixth highest goal kicker in SANFL history. Overall, Hodges played 205 games and kicked 771 goals in elite Australian rules football.

In 1997 Hodges was rewarded for his service to the Port Adelaide Football Club with Life Membership<ref>[http://portadelaidefc.com.au/default.asp?pg=history&spg=clublifemembers "Port Adelaide Foundation Life Members"], from the Official Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Accessed 11 February 2007.</ref> before his legend status was assured with his election to Port Adelaide's Greatest Team in 2001<ref>[http://portadelaidefc.com.au/default.asp?pg=history&spg=teamcentury "The Greatest Team"], from the Official Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club. Accessed 11 February 2007.</ref> and the Port Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>[http://thepowerfromport.com.au/port_sanfl_hof.php "Port Adelaide Football Club Hall of Fame"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820065122/http://www.thepowerfromport.com.au/port_sanfl_hof.php|date=20 August 2006}}, from The Power From Port (Registration required), Accessed 11 February 2007</ref>

Hodges was named in the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]]'s inaugural AFL squad for their long-awaited entry into the AFL in [[1997 AFL season|1997]], but did not play a senior game due to a succession of injuries sustained throughout the year,<ref>"AFL Injury List", ''The Age'', 9 April 1997</ref><ref>"AFL Injury List", ''The Age'', 2 July 1997</ref><ref>"Injuries to Sportsmen", ''Herald Sun'', 23 July 1997</ref> sealing his AFL record at 38 games for 100 goals and limiting him to just 7 games for the Port Adelaide back in the SANFL.

===Adelaide===
At the age of 22 and with the football world seemingly at his feet his utter dominance was expected to continue into the [[Australian Football League]], where he joined the [[Adelaide Crows]] in their inaugural season in 1991, having been blocked from taking up lucrative offers from the reigning AFL Premiers [[Collingwood Magpies|Collingwood]] and the [[Brisbane Bears]].

Due to injury and inconsistency Hodges was unable to fully reproduce his best form at the elite level, although there were glimpses of his potential – such as his 11-goal haul against eventual [[1992 AFL Grand Final|Grand Finalists]] [[Geelong Cats|Geelong]] in [[1992 AFL season|1992]].

Despite that groundbreaking performance, finishing the season as Adelaide's leading goalkicker with 48 goals and boasting a highly respectable{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} AFL career goal average of 3 per game to that point, in [[1993 AFL season|1993]] Hodges' position in the team was compromised by the emergence of glamour spearhead [[Tony Modra]]. With the much-vaunted pair misfiring in tandem,<ref>Browne, A., "Hodges Recall A Must – Cornes", ''The Age'', 18 September 1993</ref> Modra's mammoth return of 129 goals guaranteed his status as Adelaide's number one full-forward and Hodges quit the Crows in frustration at the end of the season.<ref>Browne, A., "Few Surprises As Clubs Trim Their Lists", ''The Age'', 20 October 1993</ref> Though many thought his AFL career was now finished, a highly successful SANFL sabbatical saw him relisted by the Crows in [[1996 AFL season|1996]] but again Hodges found his opportunities limited, only managing a further two games for six goals.

==Honours==
On 14 August 2007 Hodges was inducted into the [[SANFL Hall of Fame]] with fellow Port Adelaide and Crows team mate [[Bruce Abernethy]] as well as former Crows teammates [[Mark Bickley]] and [[Andrew Jarman]] among others.<ref>Rucci, M., [http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22243895-12428,00.html 'McSporran joins SA legends'], AdelaideNow, 14 August 2007</ref>

==See also==
*[[1988 SANFL Grand Final]]
*[[1989 SANFL Grand Final]]
*[[1990 SANFL Grand Final]]
*[[1992 SANFL Grand Final]]
*[[1994 SANFL Grand Final]]
*[[1995 SANFL Grand Final]]
*[[1996 SANFL Grand Final]]

==References==
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{{Magarey Medal winners}}
{{Ken Farmer Medal}}
{{Port Adelaide Football Club Greatest Team 1870–2000}}
{{Adelaide leading goalkickers}}
{{Port Adelaide leading goalkickers}}
{{John Cahill Medal}}
{{1988 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1989 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1990 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1992 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1994 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1995 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1996 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1998 Port Adelaide premiership players}}
{{1990 SANFL All-Stars Challenge}}
{{1995 AFL national draft}}

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