Gary Holmes (footballer)

Gary Holmes
Personal information
Full name	Gary William Holmes
Date of birth	(1938-01-02)2 January 1938
Date of death	25 September 2020(2020-09-25) (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 career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1960–61	St Kilda	7 (2)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Gary William Holmes (2 January 1938 – 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

1. "Gary Holmes - Obituary". Life Lived. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
2. 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.
3. "Ovens & King FNL - Baker Medal". O&KFNL. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
4. "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