Terry Hollindrake (21 December 1934 – 29 January 2015) was an English professional

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footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and

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ed in the 1970s. He played at representative level for

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and

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, and at club level for

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(two spells),

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, Bramley and Keighley Shamrocks, as a , or and coach at club level.

Playing career

Keighley

Hollindrake was born in the

area and started his playing career with amateur team, Keighley Albion. Signed by professional club

in December 1951 he made his first team début in January 1953 against Salford. He continued to play for the club on a limited basis during his period of

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. On resuming his full-time playing career with Keighley, he became an established first team player and in the 1955–1956 season set a new post war club record for the number of tries scored as he scored 26. It was during this season that Hollindrake made his only international appearance when he played on the wing for

in the

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against

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at Headingley on 17 December 1955. In the 1957–58 season he beat his own record scoring 27 tries and in the 1959–60 season he became Keighley's then leading scorer.

County honours

Terry Hollindrake represented

in five matches in the 1958–59 season.

Hull F.C.

Terry Hollindrake was transferred from Keighley to

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in 1960 for £6,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £272,300 in 2013). In 4 seasons at the club he scored 206 points and appeared in 114 matches.

Bramley

In 1964 he transferred to Bramley where he spent 4 seasons, appearing in 144 games and scoring 604 points.

Return to Keighley

Hollindrake left Bramley in 1968 and played a single season for Keighley amateur club, Keighley Shamrocks, before re-signing to Keighley for the 1969–70 season where he played a further 26 games scoring 9 tries and 4 goals before retiring in 1970.

Career summary

In his professional career, Terry Hollindrake scored 236 tries and 546 goals giving a grand total of 1800 points. He was the first Keighley player to score more than 1000 points, scoring 1001 in all first team appearances (including friendly fixtures).

Post-playing career

Following his retirement Hollindrake became a window cleaner but remained actively involved in the Keighley RLFC Past Players Association. As a memorial to Hollindrake, Keighley Cougars renamed the north stand at

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the Terry Hollindrake Stand at a ceremony before the opening league fixture of the 2015 season. Terry Hollindrake was inducted into the Keighley Albion virtual Hall of Fame on 17 December 2020.

References

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