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Dick Holden Personal information Full name Richard H. Holden Date of birth 12 June 1885 Place of birth Middleton, Lancashire, England Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Playing position Full back Youth career Parkfield Central 1903–1904 Tonge Manchester United Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1904–1913 Manchester United 106 (0) Total 106 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Richard H. "Dick" Holden (born 12 June 1885 in Middleton, Lancashire) was an English footballer who played at right-back. He started playing football at Parkfield Central as a forward. He then joined Tonge, where he started playing as a full back. In May 1904, Holden joined Manchester United, and spent most of his first season at United in the Reserves. In the season 1905-06, an injury to Bob Bonthron allowed Holden to play for the first-team. In 1908, he suffered a knee injury, and had to go for an operation. After 117 appearances for the club and no goals, he left United in May 1914 and joined the Royal Air Force, serving in the First World War that began three months later. When the war ended in November 1918, Holden did not resume his career as a footballer.
Categories:- 1885 births
- People from Middleton, Greater Manchester
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- Manchester United F.C. players
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs
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