Russ Hodges (footballer)

Russ Hodges
Personal information
Full name Russ Hodges
Date of birth (1953-07-19) 19 July 1953
Original team(s) Sandringham
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Ruck / Halfback
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1973–77 South Melbourne 38 (10)
1977–78 Fitzroy 31 (3)
Total 69 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Russ Hodges (born 19 July 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hodges also played VFA football for Sandringham and Kilsyth, 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.