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Richard Holmes (Canadian football)

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CFL status
  
International

Name
  
Richard Holmes

Positions
  
Running back

Weight
  
100 kg


Height
  
1.78 m

1977-1979
  
Role
  
Canadian football

Cfl east all star
  
1977

Richard Holmes (Canadian football) Condredge Holloway Richard HolmesOttawa Rough Riders Ottawa

Date of birth
  
(1952-09-24) September 24, 1952 (age 63)

Place of birth
  
College
  
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Richard Holmes (born September 24, 1952) is a former all-star running back in the Canadian Football League.

A Fighting Scot from Edinboro State College, Holmes joined the Toronto Argonauts in 1977, but played only 3 games and rushed for 151 yards with them. He finished the year with the Ottawa Rough Riders, rushing for another 865 yards (giving him 1016 for the season) and scoring 11 touchdowns. He was an eastern all-star. He played 2 more season with Ottawa and finished 1979 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Holmes played one final season in the United States Football League, playing 18 games with the Tampa Bay Bandits.

References

Richard Holmes (Canadian football) Wikipedia


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