Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edwin Holliday [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1939 | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Date of death | 4 October 2021 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Barnsley, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
Middlesbrough | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1956–1962 | Middlesbrough | 134 | (17) |
1962–1965 | Sheffield Wednesday | 55 | (12) |
1965–1966 | Middlesbrough | 23 | (4) |
1966–1968 | Hereford United | ||
1968–1969 | Workington | 56 | (4) |
1969–1970 | Peterborough United | 16 | (1) |
Total | 284 | (38) | |
International career | |||
England U23 | |||
1959 | England | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edwin Holliday (17 June 1939 – 4 October 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left.
Holliday was born in Leeds, [2] [3] [4] or possibly Barnsley, [1] on 17 June 1939. He married in March 1958. [2]
He was cousins with fellow footballers Colin Grainger, Dennis Grainger and Jack Grainger. [5]
At club level he played for Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Hereford United, Workington and Peterborough United before retiring in 1970 due to injury, having scored 38 goals in 284 Football League appearances. [1] [3] He also played for the Football League representative team on one occasion. [1] He retired following a broken leg. [6]
He earned three caps for the England national team in 1959, [2] [4] and also played for England at under-23 level on five occasions. [1]
Holliday died in hometown Barnsley on 4 October 2021, aged 82. [6]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Edwin Holliday [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 June 1939 | ||
Place of birth | England | ||
Date of death | 4 October 2021 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Barnsley, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Youth career | |||
Middlesbrough | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1956–1962 | Middlesbrough | 134 | (17) |
1962–1965 | Sheffield Wednesday | 55 | (12) |
1965–1966 | Middlesbrough | 23 | (4) |
1966–1968 | Hereford United | ||
1968–1969 | Workington | 56 | (4) |
1969–1970 | Peterborough United | 16 | (1) |
Total | 284 | (38) | |
International career | |||
England U23 | |||
1959 | England | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edwin Holliday (17 June 1939 – 4 October 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left.
Holliday was born in Leeds, [2] [3] [4] or possibly Barnsley, [1] on 17 June 1939. He married in March 1958. [2]
He was cousins with fellow footballers Colin Grainger, Dennis Grainger and Jack Grainger. [5]
At club level he played for Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Hereford United, Workington and Peterborough United before retiring in 1970 due to injury, having scored 38 goals in 284 Football League appearances. [1] [3] He also played for the Football League representative team on one occasion. [1] He retired following a broken leg. [6]
He earned three caps for the England national team in 1959, [2] [4] and also played for England at under-23 level on five occasions. [1]
Holliday died in hometown Barnsley on 4 October 2021, aged 82. [6]