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Gordon Forrest "Sherlock" Holmes (c. 1905 – August 8, 1963) was a college football player.
| Alabama Crimson Tide | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | c. 1905 Springville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died: | August 8, 1963 (aged 57–58) Fairfield, Alabama, U.S. |
| Career history | |
| College | Alabama (1924–1926) |
| Bowl games | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Holmes was an All-Southern center for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama,[1] a member of the first Southern team to win a Rose Bowl. He got a case of appendicitis en route to the second one while in El Paso,[2] and was left there with the idea of Babe Pearce filling in for Holmes. Holmes let his doctors know he would catch the next train to Pasadena.[3][4] The team's roster lists him as from Springville, Alabama.[5]
He died on August 8, 1963.[6]
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