Ken Holley

{{Short description|American football player (1919–1986)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ken Holley

| image = Ken Holley.jpg

| caption = Ken Holley, c. 1944

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| position = Quarterback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|9}}

| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|3|1|1919|10|9}}

| death_place = Livingston, New Jersey

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 185

| high_school = St. John's Prep (MA)

| college = Holy Cross

| draftyear =

| draftround =

| draftpick =

| pastteams = * Randolph Field (1944)

| pfr = HollKe20

}}

Kenneth Joseph Holley (October 9, 1919 – March 1, 1986) was an American football quarterback.

Holley was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1919 and attended St. John's Prep. He played college football at Holy Cross. He served in the Army during World War II and was the quarterback on the undefeated 1944 Randolph Field Ramblers football team that won the Treasury Bond Bowl and was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll.{{cite news|title=Randolph Field Ace|newspaper=Hartford Courant|date=October 17, 1944|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46003862/randolph-field-ace/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Seahawks Sign Passer Ken Holley|newspaper=The Miami Herald|date=November 2, 1946|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46003303/ken-holley/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web|title=1944 Randolph Field Ramblers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 24, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/randolph-field/1944-schedule.html}} In 1945, he played for the ATC Rockets in the Air Force League.{{cite news|title=15,000 Fans to Watch Rockets-Aces Game|newspaper=The Tennessean|date=October 21, 1945|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46003686/15000-fans-to-watch-rockets-aces-game/|via=Newspapers.com}}

After the war, Holley played professional football for the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference in 1946. He appeared in five games for the Seahawks.{{cite web|title=Ken Holley Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=March 2, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HollKe20.htm}}

He died in 1986 in Livingston, New Jersey.

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