Charles Winton Heggie (26 September 1862 – 15 July 1925) was a Scottish

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who played for

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, St Bernard's and the Scotland national team. He is one of just two players to have scored four goals in their only Scotland appearance.

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Heggie began his career at

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based club ''Ailsa FC'' before joining Rangers in 1882. At Rangers he initially played as a defender but moved to a forward position for much of the 1883–84 season and finished the season as the club's top scorer with 13 goals in 30 matches. In these early years of football, with the exception of the

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in the quarter-finals. The following season, he only played 7 times for Rangers, scoring 5 goals, but was a regular again in 1885–86 with 29 goals in 31 games. His only Scotland appearance was against

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on 20 March 1886 at

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. Scotland won the match 7–2 and Heggie scored four of the Scotland goals.Brown, Alan
"Scotland - International Matches 1881-1890"
''RSSSF'', 29 September 2011. Retrieved on 6 June 2013. Heggie holds the distinction of being one of just two players in Scottish football history to have scored 4 goals in their only international

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; two years later William Dickson would repeat the feat, again against Ireland. The ''Scottish Umpire and Cycling Mercury'' noted in October 1886 that: Unsurprisingly perhaps, the 1886–87 season proved to be his last at Rangers and he played 8 matches, scoring 3 times. After his spell with Rangers he moved to St. Bernard's in January 1887. This proved to be his final club; however he remained within football as a referee. Heggie later emigrated to

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, where he died in 1925.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heggie, Charles 1862 births 1925 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Rangers F.C. players Scottish football referees St Bernard's F.C. players Men's association football forwards Scottish emigrants to Australia

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