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).
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]
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]