| Dave Wiggett | |
| Fullname: | David Jonathan Wiggett |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Chapeltown, England |
| Death Place: | England |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1974–1976 |
| Years2: | 1976–1978 |
| Clubs2: | Hartlepool United |
| Caps1: | 6 |
| Caps2: | 54 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
David Wiggett (25 May 1957 – 23 March 1978) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Hartlepool United before losing his life in a car crash.
Wiggett, a left-back, began his career at Graham Taylor's Lincoln City, making his first-team debut in 1974. He made only a handful of appearances for the Imps, and joined Hartlepool in October 1976, where he made his debut in a Division Four match against Colchester United. During his 18-month spell at Hartlepool, Wiggett played 60 matches for the club, and scored one goal.[1] On 23 March 1978 Wiggett was killed in a car crash. He was a passenger in a car driven by his Hartlepool teammate Bob Newton.https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/01/sports/newton-of-tea-men-charged-in-hit-run.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110530020234/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/drink_shame_for_ex_pools_ace_newton_1_1023690
Two days after the crash, a minute of silence was observed before Hartlepool's away match against arch-rivals Darlington. Allegedly, sections of the Darlington crowd chanted throughout the minute of silence, and what followed was a very bad-tempered match Hartlepool eventually won 2–1. Following the match, Hartlepool manager Billy Horner, himself a former Darlington player, called the offending Darlo fans "a disgrace to their club, their town, and the human race".[2]