Arthur Holland (referee)
Full name | Arthur Holland | ||
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Born |
Barnsley, Yorkshire, England | 26 November 1916||
Died |
March 1987[1] Barnsley, Yorkshire, England | ||
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1959–1964 | FIFA listed | Referee |
Arthur Holland (26 November 1916 – March 1987) was an English football referee.
Career
Born in Barnsley, Holland became a Football League linesman in 1947 and graduated to the Referees List in 1951, taking charge of the FA Amateur Cup Final in 1959.[2] Later, in the same year he was appointed to the FIFA List and later refereed in the 1963 European Cup Final between Benfica and Milan.[3] He ended his domestic refereeing career with the 1964 FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Preston North End. A few weeks later his final match was the European Nations Cup Final between Spain and the USSR in Madrid.
Outside football, he worked as a miner from 1935[4] and after his refereeing retirement as a publican, running The Paddy public house in Kendray, Barnsley.[5]
Tournaments
References
External links
- Arthur Holland at WorldReferee.com Archived 25 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Arthur Holland referee profile at WorldFootball.net
- Arthur Holland referee profile at EU-Football.info
- Arthur Holland referee profile at Soccerway
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