John Hollowbread
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Frederick Hollowbread | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Ponders End, Middlesex, England | ||
Date of death | 7 December 2007 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Torrevieja, Spain | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) |
Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Enfield | |||
1950–1952 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1951 | → Cheshunt (on loan) | 0 | (0) |
1952–1964 | Tottenham Hotspur | 67 | (0) |
1964–1966 | Southampton | 36 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Frederick Hollowbread (2 January 1934 – 7 December 2007) was an English
Playing career
He was born at Ponders End and represented Middlesex Schools and played for Enfield prior to signing amateur forms for Tottenham Hotspur in June 1950. He made one appearance on loan to Cheshunt in 1951 in the Herts Charity Cup against Barnet before Tottenham upgraded him to professional status on 21 January 1952, spending most of his early career as understudy to Ted Ditchburn and Ron Reynolds. He eventually made his first team debut in a 5–0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 30 August 1958.
In
At the end of the 1963–64 season, he was placed on the transfer list and was snapped up straight away by
He then played for Mullard Sports and was involved in the local football scene around the Southampton area for many years.
Later career
He ran the Manor House Inn at Bursledon from 1966 and later worked as bar manager of the New Forest Golf Club at Bramshaw.
He ran the Sun Inn Public House in Romsey, Hampshire, England up until his migration to Spain with his wife Vera.
In 1994, he retired to Spain — he died following a short illness at Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca.
References
- ISBN 1-85291-665-6Retrieved 28 August 2008
- ^ The Double winning squad[permanent dead link] Retrieved 28 August 2008
External links
- Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 526. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.