Gordon Holmes (American football)
| Alabama Crimson Tide | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Alabama (1924–1926) |
| Bowl games | |
| Personal information | |
| Place of birth | Springville, Alabama |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Gordon "Sherlock" Holmes was a college football player.
College football
Holmes was an All-Southern center for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama,[1] a member of the first Southern team to win a Rose Bowl. He got a case of appendicitis en route to the second one while in El Paso,[2] and was left there with the idea of Babe Pearce filling in for Holmes. Holmes let his doctors know he would catch the next train to Pasadena.[3][4] The team's roster lists him as from Springville, Alabama.[5]
References
- ↑ "Alabama Places 4 Men On Newspaper All-Southern Team". The Kingsport Times. November 28, 1926.
- ↑ "Alabama Will Feel Loss of its Star, Sherlock Holmes". The Independent Record. December 24, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved March 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Crimson Centennial Moment". The Tuscaloosa News. December 23, 1992.
- ↑ "Through Long Drill; Biff Hoffman On Injured List". The Gazette Times. December 25, 1926.
- ↑ "2010 Football Records Book" (PDF).
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