Sandy Higgins
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Higgins | ||
Date of birth | 4 November 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 15 March 1939 | (aged 53)||
Place of death | England | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Rugby XI | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1905 | Kilmarnock | 0 | (0) |
1905–1919 | Newcastle United | 126 | (36) |
1919–1920 | Kilmarnock | 26 | (4) |
1920–1921 | Nottingham Forest | ||
1921–1922 | Jarrow | ||
1922–1923 | Norwich City | ||
1923–1924 | Wallsend | ||
National team | |||
1910–1911 | Scotland | 4 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Alexander Higgins MM (4 November 1885 – 15 March 1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Newcastle United, Kilmarnock, Nottingham Forest, Jarrow, Norwich City[1] and the Scotland national team.
Career[]
Higgins was described as a player who could go by players with ease, but sometimes would be selfish with the ball and would try to do more than passing a simple ball.[citation needed] He won a Football League Championship and FA Cup with Newcastle United, playing for the club between 1905 and 1919, appearing in 150 games and scoring 41 goals.[2]
He later played for hometown club Kilmarnock,[3] (where he had also been prior to joining Newcastle, without playing a first team game) and was with the club when they won the 1920 Scottish Cup, but did not play in the final because his father (Sandy Higgins Snr, also a footballer who had played for Kilmarnock as well as Derby County and Nottingham Forest)[4] died on the same day – but still was awarded the medal due to the circumstances.
Higgins won four caps for Scotland, all while with Newcastle United.[5][6]
Personal life[]
Higgins served as a corporal in the East Yorkshire Regiment and the Durham Light Infantry during the First World War and won the Military Medal during the course of his service.[7]
Honours[]
Newcastle United
Kilmarnock
References[]
- ^ Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 137. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
- ^ Newcastle United Players - Alexander "Sandy" Higgins, toon1892
- ^ Kilmarnock player Higgins (Jr), Sandy, FitbaStats
- ^ "1892". The Giant Killers. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sandy Higgins at the Scottish Football Association
- ^ "Alexander Higgins – Scotland Football Record from 19 Mar 1910 to 01 Apr 1911 clubs – Newcastle United". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "'Wor' War heroes". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sandy Higgins". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- Paul Joannou. A Complete Who's Who of Newcastle United.
- Paul Joannou, Tommy Canning and Patrick Canning. Haway The Lads, The Illustrated Story of Newcastle United.
- Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt (2001). Canary Citizens. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links[]
- 1885 births
- 1939 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Newcastle United F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Scotland international footballers
- Association football forwards
- English Football League players
- Sportspeople from Kilmarnock
- Jarrow F.C. players
- Workington A.F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- East Yorkshire Regiment soldiers
- Durham Light Infantry soldiers
- Recipients of the Military Medal
- FA Cup Final players
- Scottish football forward, 1880s birth stubs