Harry Holmes (footballer)

William Harold "Harry" Holmes (18 August 1908 – 1993) was an English footballer who played in the Football League as an outside right for Coventry City, Notts County and Birmingham.[1]

Harry Holmes
Personal information
Full name William Harold Holmes
Date of birth (1908-08-16)16 August 1908
Place of birth Ambergate, Belper, England
Date of death 1993 (aged 84–85)
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Heanor Town
1931–1933 Coventry City 22 (12)
1933 Heanor Town
1933–1934 Notts County 2 (0)
1934 Heanor Town
1934–1935 Birmingham 1 (0)
1935–19?? Heanor Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Holmes was born in Ambergate, Belper, Derbyshire. Unwilling to put football ahead of his career as a draughtsman, he retained his amateur status, and alternated his Football League games with playing for his local club Heanor Town. He was the last amateur to play first-team football for Birmingham, which he did in November 1934.[2]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 98, 127. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.


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