David Holt (footballer, born 1952)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 February 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Padiham, England | ||
Date of death | 15 June 2003 | (aged 51)||
Place of death | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1969–1974 | Bury | 179 | (9) |
1974–1980 | Oldham Athletic | 142 | (1) |
1980–1983 | Burnley | 84 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Holt (26 February 1952 – 15 June 2003) was an English professional footballer who played as a central defender.
He played over 400 matches in the Football League for Bury, Oldham Athletic and Burnley,[1] before retiring in 1983 to start a plastic recycling business. In 1998, he moved to New Zealand to run a courier business. In 2003, he collapsed while on his rounds and died of a heart attack, aged 51. Holt was married to Avrille, and the couple had two sons, Paul and Shaun.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939.
- ^ "Ex-Clarets player dies in New Zealand". Lancashire Evening Telegraph. 17 June 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
Categories:
- 1952 births
- 2003 deaths
- People from Padiham
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Bury F.C. players
- Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- English Football League players
- English emigrants to New Zealand
- Footballers from Lancashire
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1950s birth stubs