Ivan Hollett

Ivan Hollett
Personal information
Full name Ivan Ronald Hollett
Date of birth (1940-04-22)22 April 1940
Place of birth Pinxton, Derbyshire, England
Date of death 23 March 2022(2022-03-23) (aged 81)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
195?–1958 Sutton Town
1958–1964 Mansfield Town 98 (40)
1964–1968 Chesterfield 157 (62)
1968–1970 Crewe Alexandra 58 (19)
1970–1972 Cambridge United 38 (13)
1972–1973 Hereford United 11 (2)
Total 362 (137)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Ronald Hollett (22 April 1940 – 23 March 2022) was an English footballer.

Career

He played as a striker for five Football League clubs.

He then had a spell as player-coach at Durban United before taking on similar roles at several non-league clubs, including Alfreton Town where he scored 47 goals in 86 appearances,[1] and whom he also guided to the 1976-77 Midland League championship.[2]

Hollett later worked for Mansfield Town as a scout and was youth team coach at Field Mill.[3] On 27 June 2009, it was announced that he would take up a role of watching youngsters out on loan and report back to manager David Holdsworth.[4]

Death

Hollett died on 23 March 2022, at the age of 81.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Alfreton Town FC All Time Record Alfreton Town official website, accessed 25 January 2009.
  2. ^ Reds Set To Go For Records Ripley Today, 22 February 2001, accessed 25 January 2009.
  3. ^ The Other Side: Mansfield Cambridge United official website, 19 September 2008, accessed 25 January 2009.
  4. ^ New role for Hollett[permanent dead link] Mansfield Town official website, 27 June 2009, accessed 27 June 2009.
  5. ^ "Ivan Hollett, 1940-2022". Chesterfield FC. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ In profile: Ivan Hollett


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