Tony Higgins

Anthony Higgins (born 3 June 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

Tony Higgins
Personal information
Full name Anthony Higgins
Date of birth (1954-06-03) 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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] 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
  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.
  4. Meet The Team, PFA Scotland; retrieved 5 February 2021


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