Early Life
Hodgson was born in Croydon, Surrey His mother was a baker in the town and his father, who was an Everton fan, originally from Walton, Liverpool, worked in a chemical factory. Hodgson's family lived in the same building as Steve Kember, one of Hodgson's schoolmates at John Ruskin Grammar School. The two played on the school football team, a side which also included Lennie Lawrence. Bob Houghton, who would go on to play a prominent part in Hodgson's career, joined the school in the sixth form.
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