death_date pointsc teama goalsc birth_date yearstart triesb club yearcend yearbstart appearancesc name yearcstart birth_place yearend teamb pointsb fieldgoalsc triesc yearbend teamc appearancesb position goalsb fieldgoalsb article_title
1991 16 cumberland 8 26 march 1909 1927 0 swinton 37 1928 16 martin hodgson 1929 egremont , cumberland , england ?? england 20 0 0 37 great britain 9 sr 10 0 martin hodgson

martin hodgson

martin hodgson -lrb- 26 march 1909 -- 1991 -lrb- aged 81-82 -rrb- -rrb- born in egremont , cumberland , was an english rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s .
he was , without doubt , one of the game 's greatest ever second-row forwards and represented great britain , england and cumberland on many occasions , and also toured australasia in 1932 and 1936 with the great britain tourists .
a goal-kicking - forward , hodgson signed for swinton in january 1927 aged 17 .
he still holds the long distance penalty goal record with a kick of for swinton against rochdale hornets at the athletic grounds , rochdale in april 1940 -lrb- `` this record is disputed .
arthur atkinson of castleford kicked a penalty goal from 75-yards in the 20-10 victory over st. helens at knowsley road , st. helens on saturday 26 october 1929 '' -rrb- .
martin hodgson is the only british forward to appear in five ashes-winning squads , between 1929 and 1937 .
he won caps for england while at swinton in 1928 against wales , in 1929 against other nationalities , in 1932 against wales , in 1935 against france , in 1936 against wales -lrb- 2 matches -rrb- , france , in 1937 against france , and won caps for great britain while at swinton in 1929-30 against australia -lrb- 2 matches -rrb- , in 1932 against australia -lrb- 3 matches -rrb- , new zealand -lrb- 3 matches -rrb- , in 1933 against australia -lrb- 3 matches -rrb- , in 1936 against australia -lrb- 3 matches -rrb- , new zealand , and in 1937 against australia .
in 2005 hodgson was inducted into the british rugby league hall of fame .
