Bill Holmes (ice hockey)

Bill Holmes
Born (1899-02-09)February 9, 1899
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada
Died March 14, 1961(1961-03-14) (aged 62)
near Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Montreal Canadiens
New York Americans
Edmonton Eskimos
Playing career 19211936

William Orser Holmes (February 9, 1899 – March 14, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played 51 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Americans between 1925 and 1930. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1921 to 1936, was spent in various minor leagues.

Holmes was born in Portage la Prairie, a city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba.