fullname youthclubs years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals height totalcaps position birth_date totalgoals article_title name
leonard herbert hodges portway bristol boys 1946 1953 -- 1954 -- 1950 1950 -- 1951 1951 -- 1953 5 august 1959 bristol , england portway town bristol boys bristol rovers swansea town reading chippenham bristol , england 118 2 6 20 0 2 5 6 126 inside forward/centre forward 17 february 1920 22 len hodges
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leonard herbert hodges -lrb- 17 february 1920 -- 5 august 1959 -rrb- was a professional footballer , who played in the football league for bristol rovers , swansea town -lrb- now known as swansea city -rrb- , and reading between 1946 and 1953 .
hodges 's entry into professional football was delayed by the second world war , eventually joining his first professional club and his home town team bristol rovers in 1946 when he was aged 26 .
he scored five goals in each of his four seasons with `` the pirates '' in 118 league games , and later played twice for swansea town and six times for reading , where he was captain of their reserve team .
he ended his career with non-league side chippenham town , retiring in 1954 .
he died just five years later , in 1959 , at the age of 39 after developing meningitis .
