Rick Hodges

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth: Adelaide (SA)
Position: F/C
Height (CM): 196
Weight (KG): 91
Junior Assoc: SA - Glenelg
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 24/02/79
AGE AT DEBUT: 0
LAST NBL GAME: 19/09/87
NBL History: Glenelg 1979 | West Adelaide 1980-82 | Hobart 1987
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Rick Hodges was born in Adelaide (SA) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Glenelg basketball program.

FAMILY: Rick’s brother, Adrian Hodges also played 4 games in the NBL.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Rick Hodges made his NBL debut with the Glenelg Tigers on 24/2/1979. He scored 16 points in his first game.

Rick Hodges played five seasons across three NBL teams. This included the Glenelg Tigers, Adelaide City Eagles, West Adelaide Bearcats and Hobart Devils. He averaged 13.4 points, 1 rebounds, and 0 assists in 93 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1987	0	Hobart	14-12 (7)	25	381	69	75	0	26	49	5	3	13	43	30	58	52%	0%	9	20	45%	51%	52%	13
1982	0	Adelaide City	15-11 (7)	4	0	19	20	1	6	14	0	0	3	5	6	17	35%	0%	7	9	78%	45%	35%	12
1981	0	West Adelaide	13-9 (3)	23	0	308	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	129	258	50%	0%	50	89	56%	51%	50%	27
1980	0	West Adelaide	17-5 (2)	24	0	551	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	230	460	50%	0%	91	154	59%	52%	50%	38
1979	0	Glenelg	3-15 (10)	17	0	300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	119	238	50%	0%	62	85	73%	54%	50%	30
Totals				93	381	1247	95	1	32	63	5	3	16	223	514	1031	49.9%	0.0%	219	357	61.3%	52%	50%	38

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1987	0	Hobart	14-12 (7)	25	15.2	2.8	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.5	1.7	1.2	2.3	52%	0%	0.4	0.8	45%	51%	52%	13
1982	0	Adelaide City	15-11 (7)	4	0.0	4.8	5.0	0.3	1.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.5	4.3	35%	0%	1.8	2.3	78%	44.7%	35%	12
1981	0	West Adelaide	13-9 (3)	23	0.0	13.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	5.6	11.2	50%	0%	2.2	3.9	56%	51.3%	50%	27
1980	0	West Adelaide	17-5 (2)	24	0.0	23.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.6	19.2	50%	0%	3.8	6.4	59%	51.7%	50%	38
1979	0	Glenelg	3-15 (10)	17	0.0	17.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	7.0	14.0	50%	0%	3.6	5.0	73%	53.9%	50%	30
Total				93	4.1	13.4	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.2	2.4	5.5	11.1	49.9%	0.0%			61.3%	52%	50%	38

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
38	8	1	2	1	2	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Glenelg 1977 | Noarlunga City 1992-93

Was a part of the Noarlunga Tigers championship team in 1992 where he played alongside Brett Wheeler, Ricky Simpson, Ben Osbourne and Willie Janette. He returned to the Tigers in 1993, who despite losing big man Brett Wheeler to rival South Adelaide, went on to win back-to-back titles, defeating Murray Bridge (92-64). Noarlunga winning their second straight title, this time over Murray Bridge 92-64.

FIBA EXPERIENCE

Hodges played for the Australian Boomers at the 1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines, helping the team to a then best 7th place.

FIBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
1978	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	12	15	80.0%
Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	12	15	80%

FIBA PER GAME STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
1978	0	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	1.2	1.5	80.0%
Total		10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	1.2	1.5	80%

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