John Hollins

John Hollins
MBE
Hollins playing for QPR in 1975
Personal information
Full name John William Hollins
Date of birth (1946-07-16)16 July 1946
Place of birth Guildford, Surrey, England
Date of death 14 June 2023(2023-06-14) (aged 76)
Position(s) Full-back, midfielder
Youth career
1961–1963 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1975 Chelsea 436 (47)
1975–1979 Queens Park Rangers 151 (6)
1979–1983 Arsenal 127 (9)
1983–1984 Chelsea 29 (1)
1989 Cobh Ramblers 1 (0)
Total 744 (63)
International career
1978 England B 5 (1)
1967 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
1985–1988 Chelsea
1997 Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
1998–2001 Swansea City
2001–2002 Rochdale
2003 Stockport County (caretaker)
2004 Stockport Tiger Star
2005–2006 Crawley Town
2008 Weymouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John William Hollins MBE (16 July 1946 – 14 June 2023) was an English football player and manager. He initially played as a midfielder, before becoming an effective full-back later in his career. Hollins played in the Football League, predominantly for Chelsea, with whom he won the FA Cup, Football League Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He made 592 appearances for Chelsea over two spells from 1963 to 1975 and from 1983 to 1984, making him one of six players to have made over 500 appearances for the club.

He subsequently played for Queens Park Rangers (1975–1979) and Arsenal (1979–1983),[1] and made a total of 714 First Division appearances, an English top division record for an outfield player and second only to goalkeeper Peter Shilton.[2] He moved into football management and took charge of Chelsea in 1985, winning the inaugural Full Members Cup in 1986, but was sacked in 1988. He later managed Swansea City, Rochdale and Crawley Town.

  1. ^ "Everything there is done with style". Arsenal.com.
  2. ^ "West Brom's Gareth Barry on the cusp of setting new Premier League record: 'I'll know when I've had enough'". The National (UAE edition). 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.