Norman Holmes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norman Arnold Holmes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1890 | ||
| Place of birth | Darley Hillside, England | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1909 | Leeds City | 0 | (0) |
| 1910–1911 | Clapton Orient | 4 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | (0) |
| York City | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Norman Arnold Holmes (1890 – after 1918) was an English football right back who played for Leeds City, Clapton Orient, Huddersfield Town and York City.[1]
Personal life
Holmes served in the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[2] He rose to the rank of lance corporal in the Football Battalion,[3] prior to being commissioned into the 21st (Service) Battalion in June 1918.[2]
References
- 99 Years & Counting - Stats & Stories - Huddersfield Town History
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 142. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 "Norman Arnold Holmes | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
- ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 978-0857330772.
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