Robert Holmes (footballer)

Bob Holmes
Personal information
Full name Robert Holmes
Date of birth (1867-06-23)23 June 1867
Place of birth Preston, Lancashire, England
Date of death 17 November 1955(1955-11-17) (aged 88)
Playing position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888–1902 Preston North End 300 (1)
National team
1892–1895 England 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert "Bob" Holmes (23 June 1867 – 17 November 1955) was a professional footballer, who was a member of the famous "Invincibles" of Preston North End.

Career

Holmes played in the victorious 1889 F A Cup-winning side which also completed the first League and Cup double that year.

After retirement from playing, Holmes became a football trainer, and was the trainer/manager when Blackburn Rovers won their first league title in 1912.[1]

Holmes went on to become known as the "last of the Invincibles" when he was the only surviving member of the 1889 FA Cup final team by the time Preston reached the 1954 final.[2][3]

References

  1. Bob Holmes : Biography on Spartacus Educational
  2. 1954 FA Cup Final programme
  3. Jack Edwards, who made four league appearances in 1888-89 but did not feature in the Cup final, was also still alive in 1954, and went on to outlive Holmes by six years.


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