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Tony Higgins

Scottish footballer

Anthony Higgins (born 3 June 1954) is a Scottish former professional footballer.

01Club career

During his career Higgins played for Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Greenock Morton and Stranraer. He played for Hibernian in the marathon 1979 Scottish Cup Final.

02Other work

After retiring as a player, Higgins became chairman of the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association. He left that position in 2006 to become the Scottish representative of FIFPro, the international footballers' union, though as of 2021 he was also still president of PFA Scotland acting in an advisory capacity.

He also occasionally appears as a pundit on the BBC Scotland football programme Sportscene.

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