Norman Holmes

Norman Holmes
Personal information
Full name Norman Arnold Holmes[1]
Date of birth 21 September 1890[2]
Place of birth Darley Hillside, England
Date of death July 1965 (1965-08) (aged 74)[2]
Place of death Liverpool, England[2]
Height 5 ft 11+1⁄4 in (1.81 m)[3]
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909 Leeds City 0 (0)
1910–1913 Clapton Orient 4 (0)
1913–1914 Huddersfield Town 3 (0)
1914–1918 York City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Arnold Holmes (21 September 1890 – July 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Huddersfield Town.[1]

Personal life

Holmes was the younger brother of footballer and manager Billy Holmes.[2] He served in the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and rose to the rank of lance corporal in the 1st Football Battalion,[4] before being commissioned into the 21st (Service) Battalion as a second lieutenant in June 1918.[5][6] Holmes' football career was ended by wounds received during the course of his service.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Huddersfield Town 1913–14[7] Second Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
Career Total 3 0 0 0 3 0

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 142. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Our her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Huddersfield Town". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  5. ^ "Norman Arnold Holmes | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ Norman Holmes on Lives of the First World War
  7. ^ Thomas, Ian; Thomas, Owen; Hodgson, Alan; Ward, John (18 October 2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield: Huddersfield Town Football Club. ISBN 9780955728105.


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