{"id":195094,"date":"2025-10-07T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195094\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:22:09","slug":"ipswich-basketball-club-mourns-loss-of-lee-linton-hodges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195094\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipswich Basketball Club mourns loss of Lee Linton-Hodges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Ipswich Basketball Club broke the news that Mr Linton-Hodges had died on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement on social media, the club said: &#8220;It is with the deepest sadness that we are sharing the news of the sudden and unexpected passing of Lee Linton-Hodges on Sunday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Lee was a massive presence both in the basketball community and beyond and was loved by everyone.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Lee Linton-Hodges. Picture taken in 2015.(Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  An instantly recognisable figure standing at nearly seven foot tall, Mr Linton-Hodges represented England at youth level and played for Ipswich Basketball Club for nine seasons between 2004 and 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He had such an impact at Ipswich Basketball Club that the club re-named the Tomcat of the Year Award, which is given every year, the Lee Linton-Hodges Award in 2023.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Essex Rebels, whom he also played for, also shared their condolences, saying: &#8220;Lee was a beloved member of the basketball community and had an immeasurable impact both on and off the court.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our thoughts are with his family, friends and everyone at Ipswich Basketball Club.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ipswich Basketball Club broke the news that Mr Linton-Hodges had died on Sunday. In a statement on social&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-195094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}