Edwin Holliday

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography 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,[1][2][3] or possibly Barnsley,[4] on 17 June 1939. He married in March 1958.[1]

He was cousins with fellow footballers Colin Grainger, Dennis Grainger and Jack Grainger.[5]

Club career

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.[4][2] He also played for the Football League representative team on one occasion.[4] He retired following a broken leg.[6]

International career

He earned three caps for the England national team in 1959,[1][3] and also played for England at under-23 level on five occasions.[4]

Later life and death

Holliday died in hometown Barnsley on 4 October 2021, aged 82.[6]

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