{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1940)}} {{distinguish|Pat Holmes (Gaelic footballer)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Pat Holmes | number = 75, 60, 18, 79, 74 | position = Defensive lineman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|8|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = Durant, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 255 | college = Texas Tech | draftyear = 1962 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 40 | pastteams = * Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|1962|1965}}) * Houston Oilers (1966-{{NFL Year|1972}}) * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1973}}) | highlights = * CFL All-Star (1965) * CFL Western All-Star (1965) * AFL All-Star (1967, 1968) * AFL All-Pro (1967) | statleague = NFL/AFL | statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue1 = 6 | statlabel2 = Interceptions | statvalue2 = 1 | statlabel3 = Sacks | statvalue3 = 30.0 | pfr = HOLMEPAT01 }}
'''James Patrick Holmes''' (born August 3, 1940) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League (CFL), American Football League (AFL), and National Football League (NFL).
He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carder |first1=Charles |title=Tech Coach Thinks Raiders Improved, but Not Enough |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-chronicle-tech-coach-thinks/175878344/ |access-date=4 July 2025 |work=The Houston Chronicle |date=14 September 1961 |location=Houston, Texas |page=2 |department=Section 4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Although selected by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1962 NFL draft, Holmes began his professional career in CFL. He played for the Calgary Stampeders from 1962 to 1965.<ref>{{cite news |title=Snatched From Eagles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-snatched-from-eagles/175878384/ |access-date=4 July 2025 |work=Times Colonist |agency=The Canadian Press |date=22 March 1962 |location=Victoria, British Columbia |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sigurdson |first1=Hal |title=Compliment For Stamps |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-calgary-albertan-compliment-for-stam/175878392/ |work=The Calgary Albertan |date=12 February 1964 |location=Calgary, Alberta |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Holmes then played for the Houston Oilers in the AFL from 1966 to 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pat Holmes Big Reason Oilers In Crown Battle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baytown-sun-pat-holmes-big-reason-oi/175878466/ |access-date=4 July 2025 |work=The Baytown Sun |date=22 December 1967 |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was an AFL All-Star in 1967 and 1968. After the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, Holmes remained with the Oilers until 1972. Holmes played his last season with the 1973 Kansas City Chiefs.
==See also== *Other American Football League players
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