Port Adelaide (SANFL) Career
Hodges retired from SANFL football in 1998, having played 183 games and booted 684 goals since his debut in 1987. His 684 goals for Port Adelaide is second behind club legend Tim Evans who kicked 1,044 goals for the club between 1975 and 1986. Hodges is also the 6th highest goal kicker in SANFL history.
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 is a Port Magpies Premiership player eight times over (1988–90, 1992, 1994–96, 1998).
In 1997 Hodges was rewarded for his service to the Port Adelaide Football Club with Life Membership before his legend status was assured with his election to Port Adelaide's Greatest Team in 2001 and the Port Hall of Fame in 2002.
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.
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