James Gordon "Klepto" Holmes (March 31, 1906 – February 26, 1952) was an

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coach. He was the sixth head football coach at Arlington State College—now known as the

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—serving for 16 seasons, from 1935 to 1950. Holmes earned his nickname while a student at North Texas Agricultural College. While visiting

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for a football game against

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, he and other students toured the state sanatorium located in Terrell. A female patient at the sanitorium reportedly hugged and kissed Holmes, who was dressed in his cadet uniform, and shouted "Klepto, my kleptomaniac has returned from the war." Holmes died of a heart attack in 1952.

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Junior college

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