:Klepto Holmes
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1906–1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Klepto Holmes
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|3|31}}
| birth_place = Grand Saline, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|2|26|1906|3|31}}
| death_place = College Station, Texas, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1927
| player_team1 = Texas A&M
| player_positions = Tackle
| coach_years1 = 1929–1932
| coach_team1 = Texas A&M (line)
| coach_years2 = 1933
| coach_team2 = Cuero HS (TX)
| coach_years3 = 1934
| coach_team3 = Alamo Heights HS (TX)
| coach_years4 = 1935–1950
| coach_team4 = North Texas Aggies / Arlington State
| coach_years5 = 1951
| coach_team5 = Texas A&M (freshmen)
| overall_record = 77–67–5 (junior college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 3 CTC (1935–1936, 1938)
| awards = First-team All-SWC (1927)
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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.{{cite news |author= |title=Records Of UTA Coaches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/159779339/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=November 26, 1985 |page=9B |access-date=November 25, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
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."{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Flem R. |title=The Sport Tide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-the-sport-tide/124973410/ |access-date=19 May 2023 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=31 January 1933 |pages=13}}
Holmes died of a heart attack in 1952.{{cite news |author= |title=James Holmes Former Cuero Coach Dies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4MMdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GlsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3015,3831218 |date=February 28, 1952 |newspaper=The Victoria Advocate |location=Victoria, Texas |page=6 |access-date=April 16, 2016 |via=Google News}}
Head coaching record
=Junior college=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Texas Aggies
| conf = Central Texas Conference
| startyear = 1935
| endyear = 1938
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1935
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 7–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1936
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 7–3–1
| conference = 4–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1938
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 10–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Texas Aggies
| conf = Texas Junior College Conference
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = 1941
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 8th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 2–3–1
| conference = 1–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Texas Aggies
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1943
| endyear = 1946
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1943
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 3–4–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1944
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 2–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1945
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 2–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 6–4
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = North Texas Aggies / Arlington State Blue Riders
| conf = Southwestern Junior College Conference
| startyear = 1947
| endyear = 1949
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = North Texas Aggies
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = T–5th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Arlington State
| overall = 1–9
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Arlington State Blue Riders
| conf = Pioneer Conference
| startyear = 1950
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Arlington State
| overall = 1–7–2
| conference = 0–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = North Texas Aggies / Arlington State
| overall = 77–67–5
| confrecord = 40–31
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 77–67–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
{{cite news |last=Carter |first=O. K. |title=Variety of reasons contributed to UTA football death |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/159779090/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=November 26, 1985 |page=7D |access-date=November 25, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
References
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External links
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{{1927 Texas A&M Aggies football navbox}}
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