Edwin Holliday

Edwin Holliday
	Holliday with the England national football team at Empire Stadium, London on 28 October 1959.
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
1956–1962	Middlesbrough
1962–1965	Sheffield Wednesday
1965–1966	Middlesbrough
1966–1968	Hereford United
1968–1969	Workington
1969–1970	Peterborough United
Total
International career
	England U23
1959	England
	*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.

Early and personal life

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]

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