His family have donated the trophy they were presented in his name to Guernsey Athletics, with club stalwart Paul Ingrouille accepting it during an informal event yesterday.
Famed for his 1920 gold medal winnings efforts in the 3,000m steeplechase and his part in the British Team winning silver in the same discipline, Hodge is one of the island’s most successful ever athletes, by any standard.
At the Antwerp Games in 1920 he ran the 3,000m steeplechase in 10 minutes and 0.4 seconds.
His personal bests over different distances are reported to have been 50.2seconds over 440yards and 4:32.6 over the mile.
Having been born in Guernsey on 26 December 1890, Hodge was considered a late starter in athletics, winning his first AAA title at 28 years old – the same year the First World War ended.
The Olympics website reports that in a race early in 1920 he lost a shoe costing him 100 yards on the leaders – but despite that he still went on to win the race by 75 yards, putting himself in the spotlight as the favourite for the Olympics 3,000m steeplechase which he did go on to win.
Hodge died in 1967 – a day after his 77th birthday.
Pictured: Olympian Lee Merrien.
Hodge remains Guernsey’s most successful Olympian but many athletes have followed in his footsteps to make their own mark in their own events.
Lee Merrien was the first Briton home in the London 2012 Olympics mens’ marathon. His young son Thomas is also now showing signs of success in running events.
The Chalmers brothers have both been tipped for even bigger successes in the future after elder brother Cameron was picked for the British 4 x 400m relay team for the Tokyo Olympics. Younger brother Alastair won bronze in the 400m hurdles at the Commonwealth Games to become Guernsey’s first medalist in athletics at the competition.