
John Hollins Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth: Born on July 16, 1946, John Hollins, officially known as John William Hollins was an English footballer and manager.
He developed a passion for football at a younger age and became a product of Chelsea’s youth system making his first-team debut at the age of 17.
Hollins was consistent throughout his career rising through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after English footballers.
As a footballer, Hollins initially played as a midfielder before becoming an effective full-back later in his career.
Throughout his career, he played in the Football League for Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, and Arsenal and returned to Chelsea again before he retired.
Hollins made almost 600 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 64 times during his two spells at Stamford Bridge between 1963 and 1984.
His 592 games place him fifth on Chelsea’s all-time appearances list behind John Terry, Frank Lampard, Ron Harris, and Peter Bonetti.
During his first period at Chelsea, he lifted the FA Cup, Cup Winners’ Cup, and League Cup before leaving and returning eight years later to help them earn promotion from the second tier.
Following his retirement in 1984 from active football, Hollins was appointed as manager for Chelsea in 1985, a position he held for three years.
Hollins was consistent throughout his coaching career rising through the ranks to become one of the most sought-after English football managers.
He went on to manage Swansea City, with whom he won the fourth-tier title in 2000, Rochdale, Raith Rovers, Stockport, Crawley, and Weymouth, among others.
Sadly the former Chelsea player and manager has died. John Hollins passed away at 76 on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The cause of his death has not yet been made public at the time of this writing.
Following his demise, family, friends, colleagues, football lovers, and the entire football community have paid tribute to the Chelsea legend.
The official Twitter handle for Chelsea F.C. tweeted; “Chelsea Football Club is greatly saddened to announce the passing of our former player and manager John Hollins MBE. All at the club send our heartfelt condolences to John’s family and friends.”
Former Chelsea and England captain John Terry tweeted condolences to the friends and family of Hollins. He wrote; “My love and condolences are with the Hollins family”
Ex-Scotland forward David Speedie tweeted: “Really sad to hear John Hollins has passed away. Long before the days of big money, social media and billionaire owners, John cemented his place as an all time @ChelseaFC legend. He’ll be missed by everyone who knew him. My thoughts go out to his family & friends.”
At the time of this report, the family was planning his final funeral arrangement and the details are yet to be finalized. We will keep you updated.
John Hollins Age
John Hollins was born on July 16, 1946, in Guildford, United Kingdom. He celebrated his 76th birthday in July last year (2022) before he died on June 14, 2023
John Hollins Height & Weight
John Hollins’s height and weight were unknown at the time of this writing.
John Hollins Parents
John Hollins was born in Guildford, United Kingdom to his parents. Though he was famous, there’s no information regarding his parents as their name, date of birth, age, height, weight, educational background, and occupation were unknown at the time of this writing.
John Hollins Wife
The former Chelsea player and manager was a married man at the time of his demise. He was married to Linda Hollins but there’s no information on when they met and when they got married.
Also, Linda Hollins lives her life away from the limelight hence her date of birth, age, height, weight, education, and occupation was unknown at the time of this writing.
John Hollins Children
John Hollins is survived by his son Chris Hollins. The late English footballer and manager shares his child with his wife, Linda Hollins
Chris Hollins, officially known as Christopher Jonathan Hollins was March 20, 1971. He attended the University of Oxford and also Durham University.
He’s an English journalist, presenter, and TV personality. Chris is a former BBC presenter and is also best known for winning Strictly Come Dancing 2009.
Mourning the demise of his father, Chris Hollins in tweet wrote; My hero, best friend and dad left us today. He was so modest but I will say it. He was a great player, brilliant team mate and one hell of a person. My Mum, sister and all his grandchildren will miss him so much.
John Hollins Siblings
The late English footballer and manager is not the only child of his parents. He has an older brother named; Dave Hollins.
Dave was born on February 4, 1938, in Bangor, United Kingdom. He’s a Welsh former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a goalkeeper
John Hollins Net Worth
At the time of John Hollins’s demise, he had an estimated net worth of about $9 million dollars. He has made such an amount from his career as an English footballer and manager.
John Hollins Social Media
Per our checks, we came across a number of social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram that bear the name John Hollins. However, none of them is linked to the late English footballer and manager.
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