George Holley	Sunderland AFC 10 appearances, 8 goals P 10 W 9 D 1 L 0 F 36: A 7 95% successful 1909-14 captain: none minutes played: 900
Timeline
	George Holley No evidence of a middle name.
Birth	20 November 1885 in Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, County Durham [registered in Easington, March 1886].
	According to the 1891 census, George is the youngest of five children to cockney George and Scotswoman, Catherine. His father is a fireman at the bottle works. They live at 2 Fenwick Row, Dawdon in Seaham Harbour.
	According to the 1901 census, George is the youngest of four children still living at home with their parents at 1 Stewart Street in Dawdon. George is a locomotive boilersmith, his father is a glass bottle finisher.
	According to the 1911 census, George still lives at home with his parents and two of his older brothers, who are both widows. Along with a nephew and a servant, they all live at 2 Stewart Street in Dawdon. George is a boilersmith journeyman, his father is now a glass bottle maker.
Marriage	to May Lightfoot [registered in Easington, County Durham, June 1911]. They had five children, George (b.1912), Tom (b.1913), Ronald (b.1916), Joyce (b.1918), Catherine (b.1921), and George S. (b.1926).
	According to the 1921 census, George a football coach at Sunderland AFC, is now married to May, and with three children, Tom, Ronald and Joyce Winifred, they live at 10 Primrose Crescent in the Fulwell area of Sunderland.
	According to the 1939 register, George, a retired footballer, and May are still married, and living at 447 Cannock Road in Wolverhampton.
Death	27 August 1942 in New Cross Hospital, 376 Wolverhampton Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, aged 56 years 280 days [registered in Wolverhampton, September 1942]. Living at 447 Cannock Road, Fallings Park. He had been ill for six years.
Funeral	Tuesday, 1 September.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began his junior playing career with Seaham Young Villa FC, and afterwards for Seaham Athletic FC, of the Sunderland Juvenile League, and Seaham Villa FC. in the Old Boys' League, for two seasons, ultimately helping them get into the Wearside League. Played for Seaham White Star FC in the 1903-04 season. Joined Sunderland AFC in November 1904. He remained with the Wearside club, completing 281 league appearances, scoring 146 goals, until he joined Brighton & Hove Albion FC on 13 August 1919. He retired in 1920.
Club honours	Football League Champions 1912-13; FA Cup runners-up 1912-13;
Individual honours	Football League (five appearances); Top Goalscorer Football League Division One (=25, 1911-12);
Distinctions	Father of Tom Holley (Barnsley FC, 1932-36 & Leeds United AFC, 1936-48);
Height/Weight	5' 6", 10st. 0lbs [1904], 5' 9", 12st. 0lbs [1909].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of three who became the 338th players (340) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Inside/outside-left; Inside-left at club level
First match	No. 100, 15 March 1909, England 2 Wales 0, a British Championship match at the City Ground, Pavilion Road, Nottingham, aged 23 years 115 days.
Last match	No. 116, 5 April 1913, England 1 Scotland 0, a British Championship match at Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, Fulham, London, aged 27 years 136 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1908-09, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1912-13;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1908-09, 1910-11, 1912-13, shared 1911-12;
Individual honours	England's Joint-Top Goalscorer (three 1912), FA Tour of South Africa 1910 (including the three tests);
Distinctions	The tenth Durhamer to represent England Died eleven days after George Hedley.
Beyond England
Once worked as a plater at Messrs. Dickinson's Engine Works in Sunderland. Holley became a very experienced coach/trainer, took up training of players after he hung up his boots. He was appointed trainer to the Sunderland AFC players on 8 January 1921. Wolverhampton Wanderers FC from 21 July 1922 and Barnsley FC from August 1932 until July 1936. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.134/5.

George Holley - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Mins.		goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
14	10	7	900	8	113 min	4	none	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

George Holley - Match History
Club: Sunderland A.F.C. - 10 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 10 full capsx
Age 23
1	100	15 March 1909 - England 2 Wales 0, City Ground, Nottingham	BC	HW	Start 15	il
2	101	3 April 1909 - England 2 Scotland 0, Sports Arena, Crystal Palace		HW	Start	il
3	102	29 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 4, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-Pesth	tour	AW	Start	il
4	103	31 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 8, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-Pesth		AW	Start	il
5	104	1 June 1909 - Austria 1 England 8, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien		AW	Start	il
Age 24
6	106	14 March 1910 - Wales 0 England 2, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	BC	AW	Start	il
FA Tour of South Africa		29 June 1910 - South Africa 0 England 3, Durban, Natal Province	tour	AW	Start	il
		23 July 1910 - South Africa 2 England 6, Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg		AW	Start 65	il
		30 July 1910 - South Africa 3 England 6, Cape Town, Cape Province		AW	Start 20, 82	il
Age 25
-	109	13 March 1911 - England 3 Wales 0, The Den, New Cross	BC	HW	reserve
-	110	1 April 1911 - England 1 Scotland 1, Goodison Park, Liverpool		HD	reserve
Age 26
7	111	10 February 1912 - Ireland 1 England 6, Dalymount Park, Dublin	BC	AW	Start 70	il
8	112	11 March 1912 - Wales 0 England 2, The Racecourse, Wrexham		AW	Start 2	il
9	113	23 March 1912 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow		AD	Start 13	il
Age 27
-	115	17 March 1913 - England 4 Wales 3, Ashton Gate. Bedminster	BC	HW	withdrew
10	116	5 April 1913 England 1 Scotland 0, Stamford Bridge, Fulham		HW	Start	il
Age 28
-	117	14 February 1914 - England 0 Ireland 3, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough	BC	HL	reserve

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