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John Donegan Halligan (1899 – 1977) was a Scottish
Halligan also worked for Hibernian as a coach and scout (from 1933), and in February 1936 was appointed
football
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player and manager. Halligan played as an inside left for Shawfield, Hibernian and Montrose.
Career
Halligan signed for Hibernian from Shawfield – a Junior side from south Glasgow – on 30 October 1920, around the same time as two other emerging forwards from the same area, Jimmy Dunn and John Walker, and all three became important members of the team which played in two losing Scottish Cup finals in1923
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) and 1924
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).
Halligan also remained with the club when they were relegated in 1931 and helped them regain their top division place two years later, winning the 1932–33 Scottish Division Two
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title. He was a regular in the team until his last game, at home to Falkirk
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on 14 October 1933, after which he was advised to retire on medical grounds. In all he played 457 times for Hibs in major competitions and scored 74 goals.
Halligan also worked for Hibernian as a coach and scout (from 1933), and in February 1936 was appointed caretaker manager
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of Hibernian (a job he apparently detested) after the resignation of Bobby Templeton; he held the position for over two months until Willie McCartney became manager. His managerial record in the league was played 11, won 6, drawn 1 and lost 4. He made a brief playing comeback for Montrose in the 1937-38 season. Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012
He died in Glasgow in 1977, aged 77.
References
1899 births Date of birth missing 1977 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Glasgow Men's association football inside forwards Shawfield F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players Montrose F.C. players Scottish Football League players Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff Scottish football managers Hibernian F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Scottish Junior Football Association players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1890s-stub