Dave Wiggett
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Jonathan Wiggett | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Chapeltown, England | ||
| Date of death | 23 March 1978 (aged 20) | ||
| Place of death | England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1974-1976 | Lincoln City | 6 | (0) |
| 1976-1978 | Hartlepool United | 54 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
David "Dave" Wiggett (25 May 1957 – 23 March 1978) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Hartlepool United before losing his life in a car crash.
Wiggett, a left-back, began his career at Graham Taylor's Lincoln City, making his first-team debut in 1974. He made only a handful of appearances for the Imps, and joined Hartlepool in October 1976, where he made his debut in a Division Four match against Colchester United. During his 18-month spell at Hartlepool, Wiggett played 60 matches for the club, and scored one goal.[1] On 23 March 1978 Wiggett was killed in a car crash. He was a passenger in a car driven by his Hartlepool teammate Bob Newton.
Two days after the crash, a minute of silence was observed before Hartlepool's away match against arch-rivals Darlington. Allegedly, sections of the Darlington crowd chanted throughout the minute of silence, and what followed was a very bad-tempered match Hartlepool eventually won 2-1. Following the match, Hartlepool manager Billy Horner, himself a former Darlington player, called the offending Darlo fans "a disgrace to their club, their town, and the human race".[2]
References
- ↑ Dave Wiggett profile, In The Mad Crowd, a Hartlepool United resource. Retrieved on 4 February 2009.
- ↑ Matt Gardner: Familiarity breeds contempt, Atomic Sports Media (20 August 2007). Retrieved on 4 February 2009.