Ernie Dodd

Ernie Dodd

Birth name	Ernest Henry Dodd
Date of birth	(1880-03-21)21 March 1880
Place of birth	Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of death	11 September 1918(1918-09-11) (aged 38)
Place of death	France
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
School	Wellington College
Occupation(s)	Clerk
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1901–05 Wellington 45 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1901, 1905 New Zealand 1 (0)

Ernest Henry Dodd (21 March 1880 – 11 September 1918) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Dodd represented Wellington at a provincial level in 45 matches between 1901 and 1905, and appeared in the first ever Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1904. He made three appearances for the New Zealand national side (later known as the "All Blacks"): two games in 1901; and the test match against the touring Australian team at Tahuna Park, Dunedin, in 1905.

Dodd enlisted for service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in February 1917, and rose to the rank of lance sergeant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Dodd enlisted (aged 36) as a widower with 3 children, predeceased by his 2 wives Edith Violet Wills and Ruby Frances Bolton who died in their late 20s of sepsis and tuberculosis, respectively. He was killed in action in France on 9 September 1918, and was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension.