Norman Holmes Explained

Norman Holmes
Fullname:Norman Arnold Holmes
Birth Date:21 September 1890
Birth Place:Darley Hillside, England
Death Place:Liverpool, England
Height:[1]
Position:Right-back
Years1:1909
Clubs1:Leeds City
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:1910–1913
Clubs2:Clapton Orient
Caps2:4
Goals2:0
Years3:1913–1914
Clubs3:Huddersfield Town
Caps3:3
Goals3:0
Years4:1914–1918
Clubs4:York City

Norman Arnold Holmes (21 September 1890 – July 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Huddersfield Town.[2]

Personal life

Holmes was the younger brother of footballer and manager Billy Holmes.[3] He served in the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and rose to the rank of lance corporal in the 1st Football Battalion,[4] before being commissioned into the 21st (Service) Battalion as a second lieutenant in June 1918.[5] Holmes' football career was ended by wounds received during the course of his service.

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town1913–14[6] Second Division300030
Career Total300030

Notes and References

  1. News: 18 August 1913 . The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Huddersfield Town . 5 . Athletic News . Manchester . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 142.
  3. Web site: Our her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208163558/https://www.leytonorient.com/2018/11/07/world-war-i-part-2/ . 8 December 2021 . 11 March 2019 . www.leytonorient.com . en-gb.
  4. Book: Riddoch, Andrew . When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War . Kemp . David . Haynes Publishing . 2010 . 978-0857330772 . Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset . 296.
  5. Web site: Norman Arnold Holmes Service Record . 31 March 2016 . Football and the First World War . en-US.
  6. Book: Thomas, Ian . 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories . Thomas . Owen . Hodgson . Alan . Ward . John . 18 October 2007 . Huddersfield Town Football Club . 9780955728105 . Huddersfield . English.