Ed Holler Explained

Number:65, 31
Position:Linebacker
Birth Date:23 January 1940
Birth Place:Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:235
High School:Dreher (South Carolina)
College:South Carolina
Draftyear:1963
Draftround:14
Draftpick:196
Pastteams:
Statlabel1:Punts
Statvalue1:31
Statlabel2:Punt yards
Statvalue2:1,334
Statlabel3:Yard/Punt
Statvalue3:43.0
Pfr:HollEd20

Ed "Punky" Holler (born Joseph Edward Holler; January 23, 1940 – November 21, 2021[1]), was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).

Football career

Holler was drafted in the fourteenth round of the 1963 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers and played that season with team. The following season, he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He played at the collegiate level at the University of South Carolina.[2]

Career as a lawyer

Holler represented football legend George Rogers on his cocaine charges in 1990.[3] In 2014, he received the Presidents Award from the South Carolina Association for Justice.[4] At the time of his death, in 2021, Holler was a named partner with HOLLER, GARNER, CORBETT, GILCHRIST, & MASON.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ed Holler Stats . 2021-08-12 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  2. Web site: Ed Holler Stats, News and Video - LB. NFL.com.
  3. News: S. CAROLINA PULLS ROGERS OFF HIS JOB . 1990-04-11 . Pierre-Yves Glass . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286 . 1330888409.
  4. Web site: SCAJ Press Releases.
  5. Web site: Monk . John . Former USC and NFL football player, Columbia lawyer ‘Punky’ Holler dies at 81 . The State . 22 November 2021 . 23 October 2023.