Peter Higham (born 8 November 1930) is an English former footballer who played as a

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. Born in Wigan, Higham served in the

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as part of his National Service, making one appearance for Portsmouth as an amateur in 1950. He later joined

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, but left the club without making a first team appearance, and signed for

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in 1952. Higham was sold to Nottingham Forest in 1955 for a fee of £8,000. He was part of the Nottingham Forest side that won promotion to the First Division during the 1956–57 season. He is currently the last surviving member of that team.

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