Tony Higgins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 June 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1979 | Hibernian | 103 | (23) |
| 1979–1982 | Partick Thistle | 56 | (9) |
| 1982–1984 | Greenock Morton | 10 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | Stranraer | 43 | (9) |
| Total | 212 | (41) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anthony Higgins (born 3 June 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer.
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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] though as of 2021 he was also still president of PFA Scotland acting in an advisory capacity.[4]
He also occasionally appears as a pundit on the BBC Scotland football programme Sportscene.
References
[edit]- ^ "Scottish Football Fixture for Parliament's European Committee" (Press release). Scottish Parliament. 15 September 2000.
- ^ "Higgins to tackle dictator owners". BBC Sport. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ "Key people". PFA Scotland.
- ^ Meet The Team, PFA Scotland; retrieved 5 February 2021
External links
[edit]- Tony Higgins at Soccerbase
- Tony Higgins at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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- 1954 births
- Living people
- Scottish men's footballers
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Stranraer F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Scottish sports executives and administrators
- Scottish chief executives
- Scottish trade unionists
- Presidents of British trade unions
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen
- Scottish football midfielder, 1950s birth stubs