Tony Higgins - Wikipedia
- ️Thu Jun 03 1954
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 June 1954 (age 70) | ||
| 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.
During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer. He played for Hibernian in the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final.
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.
- ^ "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
- Tony Higgins at Soccerbase
- Tony Higgins at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database