January 17, 2008(2008-01-17) (aged 59) Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school:
Burkeville Independent School District
College:
Texas Southern
NFL draft:
1971 / Round: 8 / Pick: 203
Career history
Pittsburgh Steelers (1971–1977)
New England Patriots (1978)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (IX, X)
Second-team All-Pro (1974)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
84
Games started:
58
Earnest Lee Holmes (July 11, 1948 – January 17, 2008) was an American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nicknamed "Fats", he was selected by the Steelers in the eighth round of the 1971 NFL Draft and won two Super Bowl titles with the team. He spent all but one season of his career in Pittsburgh, retiring in 1978 after a stint with the New England Patriots.[1]
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"Steel Curtain" defense, led by "Mean" Joe Greene, L. C. Greenwood, ErnieHolmes, Mel Blount, Jack Ham, and Jack Lambert. Many of the team's key players...
numerous players were involved with off-the-field issues. Defensive tackle ErnieHolmes was arrested for cocaine possession, and despite being found not guilty...
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defensive end Dwight White, tight end/tackle Larry Brown, defensive tackle ErnieHolmes, and safety Mike Wagner, all key contributors during the Steelers Super...
Draft and initially served as a backup to Joe Greene and ErnieHolmes before replacing Holmes as defensive tackle in 1977. He started in Super Bowl XIII...
unanimous decision and to Larry Holmes in 1979 by a TKO in round 11. He hurt Ali in the second round and knocked down Holmes in the seventh round. Shavers...
defensive tackle ErnieHolmes in 1972, the Steelers assembled what became known as the "Steel Curtain" defensive line of Greene, Holmes, L. C. Greenwood...
as the Steel Curtain. Linemen L. C. Greenwood, Joe Greene, as well as ErnieHolmes and Dwight White, linebackers Jack Ham, and Jack Lambert had a collective...
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African-American to serve as federal judge in Texas. He took senior status in 2013. ErnieHolmes 1971 Former NFL defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, original...
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would not return for 1978. Among the departed were: defensive tackle ErnieHolmes (traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 10th and 11th round picks in...
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left after winning the WWE 24/7 Championship during the second night. ErnieHolmes Defensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers WrestleMania 2 Wrestled...
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