Bill Holmes (ice hockey)

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Bill_Holmes_hockey_player.png

| image_size = 150px

| position = Centre

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 200

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
New York Americans
Edmonton Eskimos

| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|2|9}}

| birth_place = Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|3|14|1899|2|9}}

| death_place = near Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1921

| career_end = 1936

}}

William Orser Holmes (February 9, 1899 – March 14, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played 51 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Americans between 1925 and 1930. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1921 to 1936, was spent in various minor leagues.

Holmes was born in Portage la Prairie, a city in the Central Plains Region of Manitoba.