Tony Higgins | |
Birth Date: | 3 June 1954 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1972–1979 |
Caps1: | 103 |
Goals1: | 23 |
Clubs1: | Hibernian |
Years2: | 1979–1982 |
Caps2: | 56 |
Goals2: | 9 |
Clubs2: | Partick Thistle |
Years3: | 1982–1984 |
Caps3: | 10 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Clubs3: | Greenock Morton |
Years4: | 1984–1987 |
Caps4: | 43 |
Goals4: | 9 |
Clubs4: | Stranraer |
Totalcaps: | 212 |
Totalgoals: | 41 |
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.