Girlie George Chapple Hodges MBBS, MS was a surgeon from Melbourne, who was selected to play on the Australia women's national field hockey team during the 1920s and 1930s.

Bessie married George, who convinced her to cease her studies and let him support her, a decision she reportedly regretted, particularly during World War I when women doctors were considered useful.

[13] Hodges was required to mix her skills on occasions when medical events happened on the field, such as giving stitches when a player was 'sloshed' in the eye.

[18] This inspired him to start competitive sports himself to keep fit, leading to him get tennis lessons and 6 years later enter the MCC championships at 58.

[22][23] The team travelled on the ship Niagra, with the athletes keeping to a strict routine, training on the deck everyday, and maintaining a diet drawn up by Hodges.

[25] On a stop in Hawaii the team discovered a "George Hodges" was booked into their room and assuming it was a man they panicked.

[28] While on the tour of the USA for the hockey tournament, Hodges took the opportunity to visit medical universities and hospitals to gain more knowledge.

[32] Hodges became a surgeon because at a time when, without access to antibiotics, if a patient had pneumonia the physicians have to wait and see what happened on the fifth or "the crisis" day, when the person would either get better or die.

[3] Hodges started at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, in 1935 in a gynaecology clinic run by Ann McLeod.

[33] During World War II, Hodges worked primarily as an associate surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.