James Black Holmes (born 8 December 1954) is a Scottish former footballer.
Holmes began his career at junior club Muirkirk, before moving into the senior game with Partick Thistle before becoming a legend at Greenock Morton. He won three Scottish First Division winners medals: 1977âÂÂ78, 1983âÂÂ84 and 1986âÂÂ87. In May 1987, after being voted the SPFA First Division Footballer of the Year, he captained the Scottish semi-professionals in an end of season tournament against Holland, England & Italy.
He finished off his career with spells at Falkirk, Alloa Athletic and Arbroath, where he was player/coach for a season before retiring in 1991.
His son Graeme Holmes is also a footballer who played for several clubs, including Morton.