Keith Higgins
Keith HigginsPersonal information |
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Irish name | Ceiteach Ó h-Uiginn |
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Sport | Dual Player |
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Position | Left Corner Back |
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Born | County Mayo |
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Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
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Club(s) |
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Years | Club |
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| Ballyhaunis |
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Club titles |
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| Football | Hurling | |
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Mayo titles | 0 | 7 | |
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Connacht titles | 0 | 0 | |
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All-Ireland titles | 0 | 0 | |
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Inter-county(ies) |
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Years | County |
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| Mayo |
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Inter-county titles |
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Connacht Titles | 6 | | |
Keith Higgins is an Irish sportsperson. He has played Gaelic football and hurling for both his club Ballyhaunis and the Mayo senior inter-county teams.
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. Higgins has also represented Mayo and has played for Connacht in the Railway Cup in hurling winning a medal in 2005, in 2014 he became the first Connacht player won win football & hurling Railway Cups after Connacht win a first title since 1968.[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] Higgins was voted as the Cadbury's Hero of the Future in 2006.
During Mayo's 2011 NFL campaign, 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.
On 27 December 2014, he announced his retirement from inter-county football.[4]
Honours
- Football
- Hurling
References
Mayo – 2006 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (4th title) |
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Mayo – 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up |
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- 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
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Mayo – 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up |
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Mayo – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up |
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2012 All Star Gaelic Football Team |
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2013 All Star Gaelic Football Team |
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2014 All Star Gaelic Football Team |
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