| Date | Transaction |
| 02-28-1984 | John Holmes has retired from football. |
| 05-02-1982 | The Hartford Predators have waived John Holmes. |
| 12-06-1981 | The Hartford Predators have acquired John Holmes from the waiver wire. |
| 10-18-1981 | The Seattle Thunderhawks have waived John Holmes. |
| 09-14-1981 | The Seattle Thunderhawks have acquired John Holmes from the waiver wire. |
| 08-30-1981 | The Hartford Predators have waived John Holmes. |
| 08-30-1981 | The Hartford Predators have acquired John Holmes from the waiver wire. |
| 08-10-1981 | The Washington Capitolists have waived John Holmes. |
| 11-24-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have removed John Holmes from the trade block. |
| 10-06-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have moved John Holmes to the active roster. The Washington Capitolists have moved Louis Mixon, Conner Cook, Jake Jones, Deveren Flowers, Chris Daniels, and Nate Mosley to the inactive roster. |
| 10-06-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have placed John Holmes on the trade block. |
| 10-06-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have moved Louis Mixon, Ricky Buckhalter, Todd Johnson, and Carl Wilson to the active roster. The Washington Capitolists have moved John Holmes, Jerome Rice Jr., and Dirk Jones to the inactive roster. |
| 09-21-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have removed John Holmes from the trade block. |
| 09-08-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have moved John Holmes to the active roster. |
| 09-08-1980 | The Washington Capitolists have moved Howard Savage, Mike Hager, Pete Krause, and Dick Farley to the active roster. The Washington Capitolists have moved Rich Hunter, Marty Park, Don Perot, and John Holmes to the inactive roster. |
| 08-12-1979 | The Washington Capitolists have placed John Holmes on the trade block. |
| 11-06-1977 | The Washington Absolution have moved John Holmes, Charles Clark, and Bill Sellers to the active roster. The Washington Absolution have moved Al Jones, Nick Meadow, and Brad Jackson to the inactive roster. |
| 10-30-1977 | The Washington Absolution have moved Stu Newman, Darrick Winfield, and Matt Greene to the active roster. The Washington Absolution have moved Charley Clark, Charles Clark, Blaine Gerak, Bill Sellers, Tex Owens, Rob Pagac, and John Holmes to the inactive roster. |
| 09-19-1977 | The Washington Absolution have moved John Holmes to the active roster. |
| 08-29-1977 | The Washington Absolution have moved John Holmes to the inactive roster. |
| 08-28-1977 | John Holmes of the Washington Absolution is injured with a patella tendon injury and is expected to be out for approximately 26 days. |
| 09-06-1976 | The Washington Absolution have moved Charley Clark, Charles Clark, Paul Tillman, S.M. Hunley, Ron Romney, Jim Lane, Jerome "Deep Fried" Rice Jr., Rob Pagac, and John Holmes to the active roster. The Washington Absolution have moved Dub Toibin, Darrick Winfield, Al Jones, Dick Nelson, Jesse Greenhalgh, Peerless Bujnoch, Mario Meier, Bill Fay, and Henry Craig to the inactive roster. |
| 08-30-1976 | The Washington Absolution have moved Peerless Bujnoch and Larrye Nwokorie to the active roster. The Washington Absolution have moved John Holmes and Charley Clark to the inactive roster. |
| 10-28-1973 | John Holmes of the Buffalo Bigots is injured with a partial ACL tear and is expected to be out for approximately 25 days. |
| 08-07-1972 | The Buffalo Bigots have moved Charley Clark, Art Remsberg, Len Simpson, Michael Mills, and John Holmes to the active roster. The Buffalo Bigots have moved Anthony Kowalczyk, Darren Jordan, Tom Greer, Tony Stark, and Paul Ferry to the inactive roster. |
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