Arthur Holt (sportsman)
Arthur George Holt (8 April 1911 — 28 July 1994) was an English sportsman of the 1930s and 1940s. He played professional football for Southampton as an inside-forward, making 206 appearances and scoring 46 goals. As a cricketer, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making 79 appearances and scoring nearly 3,000 runs. After retirement from playing both sports, he became a coach with Hampshire from 1949 to 1965, coaching the county to its first first County Championship win in 1961. He was also the proprietor of a successful sports shop in Southampton.
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| Full name | Arthur George Holt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 July 1994 (aged 83) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Inside-forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1932–1939 | Southampton | 206 | (46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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