Peter Higgins (born 11 October 1966) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Higgins played at both under-19s and reserves level with the Carlton Football Club but didn't make an appearance in the seniors. A ruckman, he joined

Claremont Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** Claremont Football Club, West Australian Footba ...

in 1987 in search of greater opportunities and participated in their WAFL premiership team that year. He was picked up by West Coast with the 10th pick of the

1988 VFL draft The 1988 VFL draft, held on the 9th of November 1988, was the third annual national draft held by the VFL/AFL, Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian Football League). It consisted of a pre-season draft and a national draft. In 1 ...

and had 28 hit-outs on debut, against Collingwood. After just one season and four games, Higgins was de-listed by the club.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Peter 1966 births West Coast Eagles players Claremont Football Club players Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)