John Higgins (7 January 1933 – 1994) was a Scottish
footballer
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, who played for
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
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Sports Fo ...
in the 1950s. He played for the
Scottish Football League XI
The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture be ...
once.
After his playing career ended, Higgins worked as a coach at Celtic between 1961 and 1967.
He became then the club's Chief Scout in 1967,
and was involved in developing links between Celtic and the recently established
Celtic Boys Club
St Patrick's Sports Academy is a youth football and sports club based in Motherwell, near Glasgow in Scotland. It operates football teams in age groups from under-9 to under-19.
Formerly Celtic Boys Club, it helped more than 50 players towards p ...
.
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1933 births
1994 deaths
People from Uddingston
Association football wingers
Scottish footballers
Celtic F.C. players
Celtic F.C. non-playing staff
Scottish Football League players
Footballers from South Lanarkshire
Date of death missing
Scottish Football League representative players
Association football coaches
Association football scouts
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