John Holmes (rugby league)

For the Australian player, see John Holmes (rugby league, born 1904).

John Holmes
Personal information
Born(1952-03-21)21 March 1952[1]
Kirkstall, Leeds, England
Died26 September 2009(2009-09-26) (aged 57)[2]
Leeds, England
Playing information
PositionFullback, Stand-off, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1968–90 Leeds 625 153 539 3 1554
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1971–82 Great Britain 20 3 20 2 51
1975–78 England 7 5 0 0 15
1973–82 Yorkshire 8 1 8 0 19
Source: [3][4][5][6]

John Holmes (21 March 1952 – 26 September 2009) was an English professional rugby league footballer.

In a career spanning from 1968 to 1990, Holmes made a club record 625 appearances for Leeds, starting his career as a fullback or centre, and later switching to stand-off.[7] Holmes played in nineteen major finals for Leeds winning all but five. He played at the highest level, representing Yorkshire, England and Great Britain. He made 20 appearances between 1971 and 1982 for Great Britain,[8] and was a World Cup winner for Great Britain in 1972 at the age of twenty.[9]

  1. ^ Daly, Phil (13 April 2014). "Burrow set to take his place amongst the greats". Leeds Rhinos. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ Hadfield, Dave (3 October 2009). "John Holmes: Rugby league player celebrated as Leeds' greatest". The Independent. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ RL Record Keepers' Club
  7. ^ "Fan plans Holmes tribute". Yorkshire Evening Post. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Ten Leeds RL greats". Yorkshire Evening Post. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.[dead link]
  9. ^ Fletcher, Paul; Harlow, Phil (22 October 2008). "When Great Britain won the World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 February 2009.