{{Short description|English footballer (1939–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Edwin Holliday |image = England national football team, 28 October 1959 (Holliday).jpg |image_size = |caption = Holliday with the England national football team at Empire Stadium, London on 28 October 1959. |fullname = Edwin Holliday<ref name = "Hugman">{{Hugman|9219|accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date|1939|6|17|df=y}} |birth_place = England |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|4|1939|6|17|df=y}} |death_place = Barnsley, England |height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersH/BioHollidayE.html|title=England Players - Eddie Holliday|website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}</ref> |position = Outside left |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Middlesbrough |years1 = 1956–1962 |clubs1 = Middlesbrough |caps1 = 134 |goals1 = 17 |years2 = 1962–1965 |clubs2 = Sheffield Wednesday |caps2 = 55 |goals2 = 12 |years3 = 1965–1966 |clubs3 = Middlesbrough |caps3 = 23 |goals3 = 4 |years4 = 1966–1968 |clubs4 = Hereford United |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 1968–1969 |clubs5 = Workington |caps5 = 56 |goals5 = 4 |years6 = 1969–1970 |clubs6 = Peterborough United |caps6 = 16 |goals6 = 1 |totalcaps = 284 |totalgoals = 38 |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = England U23 |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |nationalyears2 = 1959 |nationalteam2 = England |nationalcaps2 = 3 |nationalgoals2 = 0 }} '''Edwin Holliday''' (17 June 1939 – 4 October 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left.
==Early and personal life== Holliday was born in Leeds,<ref name="auto1"/><ref name = "NB">{{NeilBrownPlayers|player/edwinholliday}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.englandstats.com/player.php?pid=785|title=englandstats.com | 785 Edwin Holliday (1959)|website=www.englandstats.com}}</ref> or possibly Barnsley,<ref name = "Hugman"/> on 17 June 1939. He married in March 1958.<ref name="auto1"/>
He was cousins with fellow footballers Colin Grainger, Dennis Grainger and Jack Grainger.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/148.html|title=leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: Dennis Grainger|website=www.leeds-fans.org.uk}}</ref>
==Club career== At club level he played for Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Hereford United, Workington and Peterborough United before retiring in 1970 due to injury, having scored 38 goals in 284 Football League appearances.<ref name = "Hugman"/><ref name = "NB"/> He also played for the Football League representative team on one occasion.<ref name = "Hugman"/> He retired following a broken leg.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/rest-in-peace-eddie-holliday|title=Rest In Peace, Eddie Holliday | Middlesbrough FC|website=www.mfc.co.uk}}</ref>
==International career== He earned three caps for the England national team in 1959,<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/> and also played for England at under-23 level on five occasions.<ref name = "Hugman"/>
==Later life and death== Holliday died in hometown Barnsley on 4 October 2021, aged 82.<ref name="auto2"/>
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