Tony Higgins

Tony Higgins
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Higgins
Date of birth3 June 1954
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1979Hibernian103(23)
1979–1982Partick Thistle56(9)
1982–1984Greenock Morton10(0)
1984–1987Stranraer43(9)
Total212(41)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Anthony Higgins (born 3 June 1954) is a Scottish former professional association football player.

Club career

During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer. He played for Hibernian in the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final.

Other work

After retiring as a player, Higgins became chairman of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association.[1] He left that position in 2006 to become the Scottish representative of FIFPro, the international footballers' union.[2][3]

He also regularly appears as a pundit on Sportscene.

References

  1. "Scottish Football Fixture for Parliament's European Committee" (Press release). The Scottish Parliament. 15 September 2000.
  2. "Higgins to tackle dictator owners". BBC Sport. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  3. "Key people". PFA Scotland.

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