One of those "once in a generation" players, to stand out in the team that he played in when he was 18 you had to be good, and the thing is, he stayed that good until the season he stopped playing first grade.

How do you know a player is good ?

When he bosses the game and nobody really sees what it is he's doing.

And his fish and chips weren't that bad either.

RIP John
What a fantastic player John was, i consider it a privilege to have witnessed not only his 1st team games but also the A team games in which he played in, he is a true Leeds legend and he will be greatly missed

RIP John

i hope the club will make a permanant memorial to him like name the new south stand after him

I'll always remember that game away at Saints when he came out of the A team and lead a makeshift team to victory. He just oozed class. RIP John, a true legend.

Aweful news.

One of the greats of the game.

RIP John

What a great player John was and, like David Topliss last year he has, gone at a relatively young age.

Condolences to his family & friends.

At what must be a very difficult time for John's family, I hope they can take some small solace in the fact that through his playing career at least, John gave so much happiness to so many.

Leeds really must make some kind of permanent memorial to one of our all time greats.

God Bless, John.

Agree 100%. The most creative player I've seen in blue and amber and a pleasure to watch.

My all time favourite Leeds player and was lucky enough to see him play from the late 70s right until his final game for the Alliance team.

Very sad news. In my 50 years of supporting Leeds and watching the many stars over this period without doubt John was one of the very best. His vision and passing ability were outstanding and he was an unselfish player who had the rare ability to put his teammates into space and give them the glory.

Agree 100% Batley

There will no doubt be a tribute at next weeks game but I think it would be very fitting for a major song all around the ground of ''One John Holmes' at a point(s) in the game.

Hopefully John will be up there watching his beloved Loiners get through to the Grand Final

R.I.P John a leeds legend.
Condolences to his family!

lets hope they win it for him. never had the pleasure of watching him play. wish i had though R.I.P.

Absolutely spot on comment

Terrible news this.

RIP John