Irving Holdash

Irvin Holdash

Holdash from 1951 Yackety Yack
North Carolina Tar Heels
Position	Center, Linebacker
Career history
College	North Carolina (1948–1950)
High school	Austintown-Fitch High School (Ohio)
Personal information
Date of birth	September 19, 1929
Place of birth	Austintown, Ohio
Date of death	December 18, 1992 (aged 63)
Place of death	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-American (1950)

Irvin J. "Irv" Holdash (September 19, 1929 – December 18, 1992), sometimes known by the nickname "Huck", was an American football player. He grew up in Austintown, Ohio, and played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team at the center and linebacker position from 1948 to 1950.^[1] He was selected by the All-America Board as a first-team center and by the Associated Press as a first-team linebacker on the 1950 College Football All-America Team.^[2][3] He was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 82nd pick in the 1951 NFL Draft, but he was induced into the United States Army where he served for two years. He later worked for many years for Norton Company as a packaging engineer.

References

1. "All-Stars Add Line Backing Ace Holdash: Snavely Calls Him Near Perfect". Chicago Tribune. June 25, 1951.
2. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1220. ISBN 1401337031.
3. "Two Platoons Selected for All-American Team". Janesville Daily Gazette. 1950-12-06.