Brian Hodgson was born in Roland, Manitoba on October 28, 1954. Hodgson has been involved in baseball as a player and umpire at an elite level since the early 1970s. He had a notable career with the Carman Goldeyes at the junior and senior levels from 1970-86, in which they won numerous championships within the league and province. As a member of the Carman Goldeyes senior team, he he Hodgson was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. Hodgson represented Manitoba at the Canadian championships in 1971, the western Canadian junior championships in 1972, ’74, and ’75, and the western Canadian senior championships in 1984, where his team won silver. Since the completion of his playing career in 1986, Hodgson has supervised and umpired numerous provincial and western Canadian baseball championships. He has also umpired professional baseball in the Northern League and the American Association. He has served as vice-president of umpires for Baseball Manitoba from 1996-’99, and later served on the Baseball Manitoba Umpire Committee. Hodgson was also selected by the International Baseball Federation to serve as an umpire in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. This was the last Olympic Games to include baseball in the program before it was removed.
Bob Hodgson, Newspaper Article 1973
Bob Hodgson Newspaper Article 1974
Bob Hodgson Newspaper Article 1976
These articles are gathered from University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Winnipeg Tribune Collection