Johnny Quigley

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Johnny Quigley

Full name	John Quigley
Date of birth	June 28, 1935(1935-06-28)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death	November 30, 2004
Place of death	Nottingham, England
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1957-1965 1965-1966 1966-1968 1968-1970	Nottingham Forest Huddersfield Town Bristol City Mansfield Town Total	270 (58) 680(5) 66 0(7) 1040(2) 508 (72)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

John "Johnny" Quigley (born June 28, 1935, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland - died November 2004, Nottingham, England), a midfielder, started his career with Scottish Junior Football clubs St Anthony's and Ashfield, he joined Nottingham Forest in July 1957, scoring 58 goals in 270 appearances in the 7 seasons he was there. ^[1]

In 1958 he was the first Forest player to score a post-war hat trick which was against Manchester City. His goal against Aston Villa at Hillsborough won the FA Cup semi final which insured Forest a place in the 1959 FA Cup final which ended with a 2-1 win over Luton Town a game where he was also a key player.

Quigley left Nottingham Forest in February 1965 for Huddersfield Town where he scored 5 goals in 68 appearances, in October 1966 he joined Bristol City where he made 66 appearances and scored 7 goals.

He moved to Mansfield Town in July 1968 for £3,000, there Quigley was to enjoy the club's arguably most famous moment when in 1969 they beat West Ham United, a team containing many of England's World Cup heroes, 3-0 in the FA Cup, and progressed to the quarter final stage where they eventually lost to Leicester City. He made 104 appearances and scored 2 goals, he also captained the team and went on to be assistant player-manager/trainer-coach at Field Mill. He left in 1970 and went on to coach at Doncaster Rovers and also coached in the Middle East in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for five years. Overall in his professional career he made 508 appearances and scored 72 goals.