Bill Holmes
Personal information
Full name William Holmes[1]
Date of birth (1926-10-29)29 October 1926
Place of birth Hunslet, England
Date of death 3 December 2020(2020-12-03) (aged 94)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Leeds United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Lancaster City
1949–1950 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1950–1951 Doncaster Rovers 2 (0)
1951–1952 Morecambe
1952–1953 Blackburn Rovers 21 (16)
1953 Morecambe
1953–1954 Bradford City 22 (5)
Southport
Total 45 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Holmes (29 October 1926 – 3 December 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Hunslet,[2] Holmes spent his early career with Leeds United and Lancaster City.[3]

Holmes played as an amateur for Wolverhampton Wanderers,[2] before playing with Doncaster Rovers, where he made two appearances in the Football League.[4] He played non-league football with Morecambe, before scoring 16 goals in 21 league games for Blackburn Rovers.[5] After another spell at Morecambe, he signed for Bradford City in September 1953, leaving the club in June 1954 to play for Southport.[6] During his time with Bradford City he made 22 appearances in the Football League, scoring five goals.[7] He also made two appearances for them in the FA Cup.[8]

He was a squad member at the 1952 Olympics,[2] but he did not play in any matches.[9]

He died on 3 December 2020, at the age of 94.[2][10]

Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. ↑ "Bill Holmes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Rovers sadness over former player's passing". www.rovers.co.uk.
  3. ↑ Bill Holmes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "DONCASTER ROVERS : 1946/47 - 1997/98 & 2003/04 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "BLACKBURN ROVERS : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Frost, p. 399
  7. ↑ "BRADFORD CITY : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Frost, p. 383
  9. ↑ "Bill Holmes". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Braham, Michael (9 November 2016). "Bill Holmes".
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