Kym Hodgeman
Encyclopedia
Kym Hodgeman is a former Australian rules football
er best known for his playing career with North Melbourne
, VFL
and Glenelg, SANFL in the 1970s and 1980s.
in 1974 despite spending almost half the season playing in the League team.
Hodgeman won Glenelg's best and fairest
award in 1977 and 1978. He also topped the club's goal kicking for seasons in 1978 (51 goals) and 1979 (32 goals). In 1978 Hodgeman won the League's highest individual award, the Magarey Medal for "fairest and most brilliant" player, polling one vote more than the renowned Port Adelaide Football Club
's Russell Ebert
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. In 1979 Hodgeman was selected as an All Australian following that year's interstate carnival in Perth, Western Australia
.
in 1981.
Hodgeman played five seasons with the Kangaroos, winning their best and fairest award, the Syd Barker Medal
(and also 'Best Clubman') in 1984. Over the five seasons Hodgeman played in 91 games, kicking the creditable tally of 133 goals.
side that year against North Adelaide. He won a third best and fairest award in 1989, before retiring as a player at the end of the following year.
Following the recruitment of the Glenelg coach, Graham Cornes
OAM, by the newly formed Adelaide Crows, Hodgeman coached the Glenelg side in 1991 and 1992, taking them to a losing Grand Final in his last year.
Hodgeman was inducted into the Glenelg Hall of Fame in 2002.
footballer Scott Welsh
.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er best known for his playing career with North Melbourne
Kangaroos Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
, VFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
and Glenelg, SANFL in the 1970s and 1980s.
SANFL career
A goalkicking rover, Hodgeman established a reputation as a skillful and courageous player. He won the Reserves grade Magarey MedalMagarey Medal
For the biography award of the same name, see Magarey Medal for biography. For a list of winners, see List of Magarey Medallists.The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football...
in 1974 despite spending almost half the season playing in the League team.
Hodgeman won Glenelg's best and fairest
Best and Fairest
Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...
award in 1977 and 1978. He also topped the club's goal kicking for seasons in 1978 (51 goals) and 1979 (32 goals). In 1978 Hodgeman won the League's highest individual award, the Magarey Medal for "fairest and most brilliant" player, polling one vote more than the renowned Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
's Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert
Russell Ebert is acknowledged as one of the greatest players in the long history of Australian rules football.Born in Berri, South Australia, Ebert debuted for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League as an 18 year old in 1968 and immediately made an...
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. In 1979 Hodgeman was selected as an All Australian following that year's interstate carnival in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
.
VFL career
Like many South Australian players of the time, Hodgeman was lured to the more lucrative VFL, moving to North MelbourneKangaroos Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
in 1981.
Hodgeman played five seasons with the Kangaroos, winning their best and fairest award, the Syd Barker Medal
Syd Barker Medal
The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy....
(and also 'Best Clubman') in 1984. Over the five seasons Hodgeman played in 91 games, kicking the creditable tally of 133 goals.
SANFL career part II
Hodgeman returned to Glenelg in 1986, playing in a winning Grand FinalAFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
side that year against North Adelaide. He won a third best and fairest award in 1989, before retiring as a player at the end of the following year.
Following the recruitment of the Glenelg coach, Graham Cornes
Graham Cornes
Graham Studley Cornes OAM is a former Australian rules football player and coach, as well as a media personality with a weekday drivetime sports program that he hosts on Adelaide 5AA with Stephen Rowe....
OAM, by the newly formed Adelaide Crows, Hodgeman coached the Glenelg side in 1991 and 1992, taking them to a losing Grand Final in his last year.
Hodgeman was inducted into the Glenelg Hall of Fame in 2002.
Trivia
Is the uncle of current Glenelg footballer Ben Moore and Western BulldogsWestern Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
footballer Scott Welsh
Scott Welsh
Scott Nathan Welsh is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League . He is the nephew of former Glenelg and North Melbourne player Kym Hodgeman, and cousin of former Glenelg and Richmond player Ben Moore.Debuting with the Kangaroos in 1996 as a 17-year-old,...
.