Gary Holmes (footballer)
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Gary Holmes | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Gary William Holmes | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1938 | ||
Date of death | 25 September 2020 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Myrtleford[1] | ||
Original team(s) | Wangaratta | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1960โ61 | St Kilda | 7 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Gary William Holmes (2 January 1938 โ 25 September 2020) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Holmes played for Whorouly and King Valley in the Ovens and King Football League, kicking 144 goals between 1966 and 1973.
Holmes was captain-coach of KIng Valley in 1966 and 1967 and was runner up in the 1970 Ovens & King Football League's Baker Medal, then won it in 1971[3] and also his club's 1971 best and fairest when playing with King Valley Football Club.[4]
Homes was a member of King Valley's 1970 Ovens and King Football League premiership team.
Notes
- ^ "Gary Holmes - Obituary". Life Lived. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 406. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Ovens & King FNL - Baker Medal". O&KFNL. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "King Valley FNC - Best & Fairest". King Valley FNC. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
External links
- Gary Holmes's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Gary Holmes at AustralianFootball.com
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