News Luke Hodge announces retirement after 2017 season

[illnino]

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/cou...t/news-story/f69f7d355d4874d6b63087ae34ff7a2a

HAWTHORN champion Luke Hodge has confirmed he will retire at season’s end.

The four-time premiership great, who is into his 16th AFL season and will play his 300th game this weekend when the Hawks meet the Cats, confirmed the announcement on Monday.

“After the end of the season I will be hanging up the boots,” Hodge said.

A bloody good innings to say the least.



Mod note: Everyone change your avatars to a pic of Hodge as a show of respect for the great man.

 

[seysearles]

 

[market]

I hope the boys play out of their skins this Saturday for the champ.
What a leader he has been.

 

[Nugett]

Absolute champion, love the bit where said "As a young fella, it's all about getting a game, as you get older it's seeing where the club is at." Or words to that effect. One of the all time greats of the club. Belongs in the the same sentence as Mathews, Mitchell, Tuck, Scott, Dunstall and Hudson.

 

[MinerBoy]

First Hawks hero - Peter Knights

Childhood/teen hero - Dermott Brereton

Man Crush - Luke Hodge


Favourite Hawk player of all time. Inspirational, hard, leader, skilled, supreme player. Superstar player who bled for his team and sacrificed his own game to make his team better.

They don't come any better.

Here's to you Hodgey - 3 cheers mate - absolute champion.

 

[IndiaHawk]

Footy will not be the same without Hodge directing the troops at the back.

 

[Hodgey 15]

My all-time fave Hawk. Love ya Hodgey.
Sad day but the beginning of a new era for our great club

 

[Nugett]

Will never forget the 2008 prelim, where he is receiving discreet medical treatment, hiding it from his team mates. Will also never forget the 2013 grand final where he is holding the cup as captain for the first time. The memories he has given us are absolute gold

 

[Pessimistic]

If the mods are OK lets fill the top page with Hodgey threads

This was locked so couldn't bump it - to be honest, a lot of us wondered about his fitness in 2012 and 2014

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/luke-hodge-where-is-he-at.1059673/page-16

 

[Rogue Robot]

fantastic player, will be an instant hall of famer. he can be a great coach, but hopefully he doesn't jump straight into it, because he could become Buckley 2.0 if he's not careful

 

[SSSSSS]

Hawthorn sign him up for an assistant gig ASAP.

 

[Endorphin Machine]

One of the modern greats of the game and our club. We love you Hodgey!!
So many great memories.
Thank you !

 

[Manila_Hawk]

I think it's fantastic to see Hodgey going out on his own terms and not hanging around a year too long.

In my 54 years, I have seen more skillful players at Hawthorn (we have been blessed), but to my mind we have
have never had a more courageous, inspirational and revered leader than Hodgey.

 

[Thaihawk]

A great man! A great footballer! A great Leader! A great Hawthorn man! In time could also be a great coach!

Now the club needs a great win to celebrate the occasion of his 300th game.

Here's to you Luke Hodge.

Win this for Hodgey, and him not being there next year will be just a little easier.

 

[market]

If the mods are OK lets fill the top page with Hodgey threads

This was locked so couldn't bump it - to be honest, a lot of us wondered about his fitness in 2012 and 2014

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/luke-hodge-where-is-he-at.1059673/page-16

great call to open that thread again, was an all time classic

 

[Laurie Bingham]

I like to sum.up.Hodgey's greatness as follows:
During his career the Hawks played in five GFs for four wins. In two of those GFs we went in as clear underdogs, once deservedly so. In both of those GFs, Luke Hoge won the Norm Smith medal. And in one of those Norm Smith medal winning performances, he played with cracked ribs. That is all.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

It would be great if everyone could change their display pic/avatar to a pic of Hodge this week.

 

[PlayHard]

It will be sad to see him go but the time is right.

Hodge was the complete package, a footballers footballer. We couldn't have asked for a better leader.

 

[illnino]

It would be great if everyone could change their display pic/avatar to a pic of Hodge this week.

Good call

 

[Hodgey 15]

Who will get No. 15 next season?

 

[MinerBoy]

It would be great if everyone could change their display pic/avatar to a pic of Hodge this week.

No need to change my man. He's always there.

 

[The German Hunter]

Bloody legend.
My son is crying!!!

 

[seysearles]

I still think that Trent Croad is untradeable ....

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Who will get No. 15 next season?

Dusty or Fyfe. What a man this guy is, probably could have played on one more season but being as unselfish as he is gone out on his own terms. Love him so much.

 

[Satchel]

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