Keith Higgins

Keith Higgins
Personal information
Irish name Ceiteach Ó h-Uiginn
Sport Gaelic Football and Hurling
Position Corner Back
Born County Mayo
Club(s)
Years Club
Ballyhaunis
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht Titles 3 0

Keith Higgins is a Gaelic football player from Ireland. He plays for Mayo senior football team and plays his club football for Ballyhaunis. In 2006, he was the Young Player of the Year. He also captained both the Mayo Under 21 Football & Hurling teams to All Ireland Championships. Injury ruled him out of the 2007 championship.[1] Higgins has also represented Mayo and has played for Connacht in the Railway Cup in hurling.[1] Hurling is his first love.[2] In 2005 he won a Christy Ring Cup All Star, In 2008, Higgins was nominated for the Christy Ring Cup Player of the Year award.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://archives.tcm.ie/kildarenationalist/2008/02/21/story27089.asp
  2. ^ http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4444&Itemid=39
  3. ^ http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/power-misses-out-on-gpa-nod-1494931.html
Mayo - All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions 2006 (4th title)

1 K O'Malley | 2 T Howley | 3 G Cafferkey | 4 K. Higgins (c) | 5 C Barrett | 6 T Cunniffe | 7 C Boyle | 8 S O'Shea | 9 B Moran | 10 A Campbell | 11 J Dillon | 12 A Kilcoyne | 13 M Ronaldson | 14 M Hannick | 15 M Conroy |

Mayo - All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Runners-up 2006

1 D. Clarke | 2 D. Geraghty | 3 D. Heaney (c) | 4 K. Higgins | 5 A. Higgins | 6 J. Nallen | 7 P. Gardiner | 8 R. McGarrity | 9 P. Harte | 10 B. J. Padden | 11 G. Brady | 12 A. Dillon | 13 K. O'Neill | 14 C. Mortimer | 15 C. McDonald |
Subs used: D. Brady for J. Nallen | T. Mortimer for A. Dillon | B. Moran for K. O'Neill | A. Kilcoyne for B. J. Padden | A. Moran for P. Gardiner |
Manager: M. Moran

In the 2011 Nfl campaign for mayo Higgins received praise for his outstanding performances in right half back with people all across the nation noting his great pace,Strength,Reading of the game and said there is a lot more to come from this young prodigy.