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Jim Higgins (Irish Politician)
Jim Higgins may refer to: * Jim Higgins (basketball) (1918–2002), American professional basketball player * Jim Higgins (boxer) (1897–1964), Scottish boxer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s * Jim Higgins (British politician) (1930–2002), British revolutionary socialist * Jim Higgins (ice hockey), American retired ice hockey player and coach * Jim Higgins (Irish politician) Jim Higgins may refer to: * Jim Higgins (basketball) (1918–2002), American professional basketball player * Jim Higgins (boxer) (1897–1964), Scottish boxer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s * Jim Higgins (British politician) Jim Higgins (2 Dece ... (born 1945), Irish Fine Gael politician, served in Seanad Éireann, Dáil Éireann and the European Parliament * Jim Higgins (footballer) (born 1926), Irish soccer player * Jim Higgins (luger) (born 1936), American Olympic luger * Jim Higgins (rugby league) (born 1920s), professional rugby league footballer See also * James Higgins (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (basketball)
James Chaplin Higgins (December 25, 1918 – February 12, 2002) was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League for the Hammond Ciesar All-Americans in one game during the 1940–41 season and scored one point. Higgins was also a minor league baseball player. He played for the Baltimore Orioles (minor league), Baltimore Orioles (minor league team), Federalsburg A's, Dover Orioles, Appleton Papermakers, and Vicksburg Hill Billies. References 1918 births 2002 deaths American men's basketball players Appleton Papermakers players Baltimore Orioles (IL) players Baseball players from Illinois Basketball players from Illinois Centers (basketball) Dover Orioles players Federalsburg A's players Hammond Ciesar All-Americans players People from Olney, Illinois Vicksburg Hill Billies players {{US-baseball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (boxer)
Jim Higgins (25 October 1897 – 26 November 1964) born in Hamilton was a Scottish professional bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s who won the National Sporting Club (NSC) (subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)) British bantamweight title, and inaugural British Empire bantamweight title, and was a challenger for the Scottish Area bantamweight title against Elky Clark (twice), and European Boxing Union (EBU) bantamweight title against Charles Ledoux, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. bantamweight to , i.e. featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this .... References External links *Image - Jim Higgins 1897 births 1964 deaths Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Sportspeople f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (British Politician)
Jim Higgins (2 December 1930 – 13 October 2002) was a British revolutionary socialist and leading member of the International Socialists. Biography Born into a working-class family in Harrow, London, Higgins joined the Young Communist League at 14. Age eighteen, he was apprenticed to the Post Office as a telecommunications engineer. After National Service in the early 1950s, he became active in both the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Post Office Engineering Union. He left the Communist Party after Nikita Khrushchev's 1956 secret speech and the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Higgins instead joined the Trotskyist Socialist Labour League, soon leaving to join the Socialist Review Group which became the International Socialists (IS), and becoming the group's Secretary. By the 1960s, Higgins was a POEU branch secretary and was elected to the union's national executive, but he gave up his union work to become IS's full-time national secretary in the early 1970s. In a bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (ice Hockey)
Jim Higgins is a retired American ice hockey player and coach. Higgins is most remembered for his time at Princeton, coaching the Tigers for 14 years after spending the preceding decade building a coaching career. While Higgins failed to produce a single winning season during his time as a college head coach he is nevertheless the winningest ice hockey coach at Princeton since World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ... (as of 2019). In recognition of his career Higgins was awarded the John "Snooks" Kelly Founders Award in 2013. Regular season and playoffs Head coaching record References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Jim American men's ice hockey defensemen Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players Colgate R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (Irish Politician)
Jim Higgins may refer to: * Jim Higgins (basketball) (1918–2002), American professional basketball player * Jim Higgins (boxer) (1897–1964), Scottish boxer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s * Jim Higgins (British politician) (1930–2002), British revolutionary socialist * Jim Higgins (ice hockey), American retired ice hockey player and coach * Jim Higgins (Irish politician) Jim Higgins may refer to: * Jim Higgins (basketball) (1918–2002), American professional basketball player * Jim Higgins (boxer) (1897–1964), Scottish boxer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s * Jim Higgins (British politician) Jim Higgins (2 Dece ... (born 1945), Irish Fine Gael politician, served in Seanad Éireann, Dáil Éireann and the European Parliament * Jim Higgins (footballer) (born 1926), Irish soccer player * Jim Higgins (luger) (born 1936), American Olympic luger * Jim Higgins (rugby league) (born 1920s), professional rugby league footballer See also * James Higgins (other) { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (footballer)
James Higgins (born 3 February 1926) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He was born in Dublin and played with Home Farm, and then for Dundalk in the League of Ireland, before transferring to Birmingham City in England in 1949. In a four-year spell at Birmingham he played 50 league games and scored 12 goals before returning to play with Dundalk again in 1953. He played just once for the Republic of Ireland national football team, appearing in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Argentina in Dalymount Park Dalymount Park (Irish: ''Páirc Cnocán Uí Dhálaigh'') is a football stadium in Phibsborough on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as D ... on 13 May 1951. References 1926 births Possibly living people Association footballers from County Dublin Republic of Ireland association footballers Ireland (FAI) international foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (luger)
Jim Higgins (born March 9, 1936) is an American luger. He competed in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr .... References 1936 births Living people American male lugers Olympic lugers of the United States Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Los Angeles {{US-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Higgins (rugby League)
James Higgins (born ) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage № 526), as a , or , i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9, during the era of contested scrums. Playing career Challenge Cup Final appearances Jim Higgins played right-, i.e. number 10, in Wakefield Trinity's 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup Final during the 1945–46 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946, in front of a crowd of 54,730. County Cup Final appearances Jim Higgins played right-, i.e. number 10, in Wakefield Trinity's 2-5 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1945 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1945–46 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 3 November 1945, played right- in the 10–0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1946 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1946–47 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 31 November 1946, played right- in the 7–7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |