| Albert Holmes | |
| Fullname: | George Albert Holmes |
| Birth Date: | 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Mansfield, England |
| Position: | Outside left |
| Years1: | –1905 |
| Clubs1: | Hucknall Constitutional |
| Years2: | 1905–1906 |
| Clubs2: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1906– |
| Clubs3: | Mansfield Wesleyans |
| Years4: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs4: | Chesterfield Town |
| Caps4: | 51 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Years5: | 1908– |
| Clubs5: | Nelson |
| Years6: | –1911 |
| Clubs6: | Mansfield Mechanics |
| Years7: | 1911–1915 |
| Clubs7: | Coventry City |
| Caps7: | 101 |
| Goals7: | 17 |
| Years8: | 1914 |
| Clubs8: | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) |
| Caps8: | 3 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Clubs9: | Portsmouth |
George Albert Holmes was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Nottingham Forest and Chesterfield Town, in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian and in the Southern League for Coventry City.[1] [2] [3] [4] He was a member of the Nottingham Forest squad which toured Argentina and Uruguay in 1905.[5]
Holmes served as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[6]
| Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 1905–06[7] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Chesterfield Town | 1907–08[8] | Second Division | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| 1908–09[9] | 37 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 6 | |||
| Total | 51 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 9 | |||
| Coventry City | 1911–12 | Southern League First Division | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| 1912–13 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 8 | |||
| 1913–14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | |||
| 1914–15 | Southern League Second Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 101 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 17 | |||
| Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 1913–14 | Scottish League First Division | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 160 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 169 | 28 | |||