John Chapman Hodgkinson (December 1883 – 5 June 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Stockport County and Grimsby Town. He was nicknamed "Cobbler".

Personal life

Hodgkinson served in the British Army as a territorial. He later re-enlisted as a private in the East Lancashire Regiment during the First World War. Hodgkinson served at Gallipoli and was killed in action during an Ottoman counterattack at the Third Battle of Krithia on 5 June 1915. He was originally reported as missing in action, but his status was changed to presumed dead soon after. Hodgkinson's body was never recovered and he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.

John Hodgkinson (footballer, born 1883)

See also

List of people who disappeared

Career statistics

References

1883 births

1910s missing person cases

1915 deaths

Men's association football inside forwards

Men's association football outside forwards

British Army personnel of World War I

British military personnel killed in World War I

East Lancashire Regiment soldiers

English men's footballers

English Football League players

Footballers from Stockport

Grimsby Town F.C. players

Missing in action of World War I

Missing person cases in the Ottoman Empire

Nelson F.C. players

Rochdale A.F.C. players

Stockport County F.C. players

John Hodgkinson (footballer, born 1883)