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Footballer

Norman Holmes
Personal information
Full name Norman Arnold Holmes
Date of birth 21 September 1890
Place of birth Darley Hillside, England
Date of death July 1965 (1965-08) (aged 74)
Place of death Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 11+1⁄4 in (1.81 m)
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.

Personal life

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

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 Second Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
Career Total 3 0 0 0 3 0

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 142. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "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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