at 38 games for 100 goals and limiting him to just 7 games for the Port Adelaide back in the SANFL. Adelaide 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 been blocked from taking up lucrative offers from the reigning AFL Premiers Collingwood and the Brisbane Bears. Due to injury and inconsistency Hodges was unable to fully reproduce his best form at the elite level, although there were glimpses of his potential – such as his 11-goal haul against eventual Grand Finalists Geelong in 1992. Despite that groundbreaking performance, finishing the season as Adelaide's leading goalkicker with 48 goals and boasting a highly respectable AFL career goal average of 3 per game to that point, in 1993 Hodges' position in the team was compromised by the emergence of glamour spearhead Tony Modra. With the much-vaunted pair misfiring in tandem, Modra's mammoth return of 129 goals guaranteed his status as Adelaide's number one full-forward and Hodges quit the Crows in frustration at the end of the season. Though many thought his AFL career was now finished, a highly successful SANFL sabbatical saw him relisted by the Crows in 1996 but again Hodges found his opportunities limited, only managing a further two games for six goals. Honours On 14 August 2007 Hodges was inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame with fellow Port Adelaide and Crows team mate Bruce Abernethy as well as former Crows teammates Mark Bickley and Andrew Jarman among others. See also 1988 SANFL Grand Final 1989 SANFL Grand Final 1990 SANFL Grand Final 1992 SANFL Grand Final 1994 SANFL Grand Final 1995 SANFL Grand Final 1996 SANFL Grand Final References 1968 births Living people Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Magarey Medal winners South Australian State of Origin players Australian rules footballers from South Australia South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees