Career
Hollingworth, born in Doncaster but raised in Rainworth, was training as a mechanical engineer and playing amateur football for Sutton Junction when he was spotted by Wolverhampton Wanderers. The defender made only sporadic appearances during his first seasons with the Molineux club, but became a first team regular during the 1930-1931 season. This season also saw him selected by England to play in a trial match in March, preceding a Home International against Scotland, but he was forced to pull out after damaging his ankle on the eve of the game in a league match.
Injuries began to persistently restrict his career over the following years causing him to announce his football retirement at the end of the 1935-1936 season, aged 26.
He had made 180 appearances in total for Wolves, scoring eight times. After leaving football, he joined the Staffordshire police force, and also later worked at the Goodyear factory in Wolverhampton.
He died on 8 July 1969, aged 59, when he suffered a heart attack while out driving in Birmingham. with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
