Sandy Higgins

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.

Sandy Higgins
Personal information
Full name Alexander Higgins
Date of birth 4 November 1885
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Date of death 15 March 1939(1939-03-15) (aged 53)
Place of death England
Playing 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

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. 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
  1. Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham. p. 137. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  2. Newcastle United Players - Alexander "Sandy" Higgins, toon1892
  3. Kilmarnock player Higgins (Jr), Sandy, FitbaStats
  4. "1892". The Giant Killers. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. Sandy Higgins at the Scottish Football Association
  6. "Alexander Higgins – Scotland Football Record from 19 Mar 1910 to 01 Apr 1911 clubs – Newcastle United". www.londonhearts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. "'Wor' War heroes". Newcastle United Football Club. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  8. "Sandy Higgins". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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  • Mike Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt (2001). Canary Citizens. Jarrold Publishing. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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