Lou Holland Explained

Lou Holland
Birth Date:	13 December 1941
Birth Place:	Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.
Death Place:	Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
College:	Wisconsin
Import:	yes
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	9
Weight Lbs:	187
Position1:	Halfback
Career Highlights:	Grey Cup champion First-team All-Big Ten (1963)
Playing Team1:	BC Lions

Louis Alfred Holland, Sr. (December 13, 1941  - February 16, 2016) was a Canadian football player who played for the BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1964.^[1] He played college football previously with the University of Wisconsin. After his football career he was an investment management executive. In 2011, he was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame.^[2] Holland was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2010 and lived in a nursing home in Oak Park, Illinois.^{[3] [4] [5]} He died in 2016 at the age of 74.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lou Holland.
2. Web site: Hall of Fame Class of 2011: Lou Holland.
3. Web site: Toughness still key trait for Hall of Fame inductee Holland - UWBadgers.com - the Official Athletic Site of the Wisconsin Badgers . 2014-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914120720/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090211aag.html . 2014-09-14 .
4. Web site: RACINE COUNTY SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Holland 'one of the guys' throughout successful life. Peter Jackel. 19 October 2012. Journal Times.
5. Web site: UW-Madison HealthEmotions Research Institute Honors Legacy of Louis A. Holland, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
6. Web site: Louis Holland Obituary - Wheaton, IL - Racine Journal Times. Racine Journal Times.