Arthur Hollins (footballer)

Arthur Hollins was an English professional footballer who played at centre-forward for Southampton between 1914 and 1915.

Arthur Hollins
Personal information
Place of birth Wolverhampton, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre-forward
Youth career
Wolverhampton Early Closers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Walsall 0 (0)
19??–1914 Wellington Town
1914–1915 Southampton 18 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Hollins was born in Wolverhampton and started his professional career at Walsall, without breaking into the first-team.[2]

He then joined Wellington Town of the Birmingham & District League; by 1914 he was attracting the attention of bigger clubs, including Wolverhampton Wanderers[2] of the Football League Second Division but instead chose to move to the south coast to join Southampton of the Southern League.

He joined the "Saints" in February 1914 and went straight into the first-team, taking the place of Bill Smith against Queens Park Rangers on 28 February. He retained the No. 9 shirt for the remaining eleven matches of the season, scoring seven times including both goals in a 2–0 victory over Norwich City on 4 April, followed by a hat-trick at Millwall six days later on Good Friday.[3]

He continued at centre-forward for the first three matches of the 1914–15 season, scoring twice, before injuries caused him to miss most of the rest of the season, making only four further appearances.[4]

His football career was ended by the start of the First World War and he is believed to have joined the Royal Navy.[2]

References
  1. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  2. Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (1992). The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing. pp. 169–170. ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
  3. Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (1987). Saints – A complete record. Breedon Books. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
  4. Saints – A complete record. pp. 54–55.
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