Carl Hoddle (1967-2008)

I will be honest and say I had never heard of this guy before he died on March 2. But he was a footballer so I looked into it.

Carl Hoddle lived from March 8, 1967 to March 2, 2008. He was born in Harlow, England which is in the county of Essex.

He was a midfielder and started his career at Tottenham in 1984 and would remain with Spurs until 1989. He never played for them though and moved to Leyton Orient where he would stay until 1991. Orient was in the lower divisions then just as they are now. While there he played in 29 games and scored twice.

He then played for Barnet from 1991 until he retired in 1995. They also played in the lower divisions and Carl played in 92 games scoring 3 goals. In 1994 Barnet played Chelsea in the F.A. Cup and interestingly enough, Chelsea's coach was Carl's brother Glenn (more on Glenn later).

He also spent a short amount of time at non-league team Woking F.C. (I can't find any numbers on it).

He returned to football to be a coach and scout for Wolverhampton Wanderers from 2004 to 2006. His brother Glenn was the manager at the time and when he left, Carl did the same.

Many articles are referring as him to the brother of Glenn Hoddle because Glenn was very successful. Glenn played for England in the 1982 and 1986 World Cup and managed the team in 1998. He played over 350 games for Tottenham and over 50 games for England.

Carl was found dead from what looks like a heart attack.