Scott Hodges

Scott Lyall Hodges (born 26 April 1968 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer and champion goal kicker who holds the SANFL record for most goals kicked in a league season when he kicked 153 goals in 1990. Hodges kicked 684 goals in his 183-game SANFL career and added 100 goals in 38 games with the Adelaide Crows in the AFL as well as 7 goals in 2 games representing South Australia in State of Origin football.

Hodges is best remembered for his outstanding career as a full-forward with Port Adelaide in the SANFL between 1987 and 1998, the pinnacle of which came in 1990 when he won the Magarey Medal as the league's fairest and best player, the Ken Farmer Medal for being the league's leading goal kicker and Port Adelaide's Best and Fairest award. Hodges capped this magnificent individual season by capturing his third Premiership medallion, as Port Adelaide defeated Glenelg in the Grand Final by 15 points.

AFL career

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 turned down lucrative offers from the reigning AFL Premiers Collingwood and the Brisbane Bears in the process.