| Sandy Higgins | |
| Fullname: | Alexander Higgins |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1885 |
| Birth Place: | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
| Death Place: | England |
| Youthclubs1: | Rugby XI |
| Years1: | 1904–1905 |
| Clubs1: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1905–1919 |
| Clubs2: | Newcastle United |
| Caps2: | 126 |
| Goals2: | 36 |
| Years3: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs3: | Kilmarnock |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1920–1921 |
| Clubs4: | Nottingham Forest |
| Years5: | 1921–1922 |
| Clubs5: | Jarrow |
| Years6: | 1922–1923 |
| Clubs6: | Norwich City |
| Years7: | 1923–1924 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1910–1911 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
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.
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]
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.[6]
Newcastle United
1908–09[7]
Kilmarnock