Eric Holah

Eric Tansley Holah (3 August 1937 – March 2023) was an English professional football player and coach who played as a centre forward and centre back.

Career Born in Hull, Holah played for Malet Lambert Old Boys before signing for Hull City on amateur terms in 1958. He made one Football League appearance for Hull on 1 April 1961 against Watford where he scored in a 3–2 win. He signed for Bradford City on professional terms in July 1961, leaving the club in 1963.

After Bradford, he spent a year at Goole Town and then moved to Bridlington Town in 1964 where he played for three years, also working for Hull City Council at the same time. He left Bridlington to attend training college, and signed for Crewe Alexandra in 1968, playing as a centre-back in their reserves. He later played for Holyhead Town, Ellesmere Port Town and Bridlington Trinity. He became manager of Bridlington Town in 1972, also playing for the club, whilst working as a PE teacher at Headlands School. He then returned to Bridlington Trinity in 1973, retiring at the end of the season, after which he coached East Riding Schoolboys and Bridlington Youth Club. He became secretary of Bridlington Town in July 1980 and made a final appearance for the club, also continuing to teach at Headlands.

Personal life and death His brother-in-law was David Fraser, who married Holah's sister. Holah died in Cambridgeshire in March 2023, at the age of 85.