Klepto Holmes
American football player and coach (1906–1952)
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James Gordon "Klepto" Holmes (March 31, 1906 – February 26, 1952) was an American football coach. He was the sixth head football coach at Arlington State College—now known as the University of Texas at Arlington—serving for 16 seasons, from 1935 to 1950.[1]
Grand Saline, Texas, U.S.
College Station, Texas, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1906 Grand Saline, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 1952 (aged 45) College Station, Texas, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1927 | Texas A&M |
| Position | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1929–1932 | Texas A&M (line) |
| 1933 | Cuero HS (TX) |
| 1934 | Alamo Heights HS (TX) |
| 1935–1950 | North Texas Aggies / Arlington State |
| 1951 | Texas A&M (freshmen) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 77–67–5 (junior college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 CTC (1935–1936, 1938) | |
| Awards | |
| First-team All-SWC (1927) | |
Holmes earned his nickname while a student at North Texas Agricultural College. While visiting Terrell, Texas for a football game against Texas Military College, he and other students toured the state sanatorium located in Terrell. A female patient at the sanitorium reportedly hugged and kissed Holmes, who was dressed in his cadet uniform, and shouted "Klepto, my kleptomaniac has returned from the war."[2]
Holmes died of a heart attack in 1952.[3]
Head coaching record
Junior college
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Texas Aggies (Central Texas Conference) (1935–1938) | |||||||||
| 1935 | North Texas Aggies | 9–2 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1936 | North Texas Aggies | 7–3–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1937 | North Texas Aggies | 6–4 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1938 | North Texas Aggies | 10–1 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| North Texas Aggies (Texas Junior College Conference) (1939–1941) | |||||||||
| 1939 | North Texas Aggies | 6–4 | 4–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1940 | North Texas Aggies | 5–5 | 4–4 | ||||||
| 1941 | North Texas Aggies | 7–2 | 6–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1942 | North Texas Aggies | 2–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| North Texas Aggies (Independent) (1943–1946) | |||||||||
| 1943 | North Texas Aggies | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| 1944 | North Texas Aggies | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1945 | North Texas Aggies | 2–5 | |||||||
| 1946 | North Texas Aggies | 6–4 | |||||||
| North Texas Aggies / Arlington State Blue Riders (Southwestern Junior College Conference) (1947–1949) | |||||||||
| 1947 | North Texas Aggies | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 1948 | North Texas Aggies | 4–5 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1949 | Arlington State | 1–9 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Arlington State Blue Riders (Pioneer Conference) (1950) | |||||||||
| 1950 | Arlington State | 1–7–2 | 0–3 | 4th | |||||
| North Texas Aggies / Arlington State: | 77–67–5 | 40–31 | |||||||
| Total: | 77–67–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
