Jack Higgins (Gaelic footballer)

Jack Higgins
Personal information
Irish name	Seán Ó hUiginn
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right wing-back
Born	1903 Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Died	23 October 1955 (aged 52) Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Naas
Club titles
Kildare titles	6
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1925-1935	Kildare
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	7
All-Irelands	2
NFL	0

John "Jack" Higgins (1903 – 23 October 1955) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right wing-back for the Kildare senior team.^[1]

Regarded as one of Kildare's greatest-ever players, Higgins made his debut during the 1925 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement a decade later. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and seven Leinster medals. Higgins was an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions.

At club level Higgins was a six-time county club championship medalist with Naas.

References

↑ "A Legendary Lilywhite - Jack Higgins of Kildare". Terrace Talk website. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bill "Squires" Gannon	Kildare Senior Football Captain 1929	Succeeded by Paul Doyle
Preceded by	Kildare Senior Football Captain 1935	Succeeded by

Jack Higgins navigation boxes

Kildare – 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (3rd title)

1 M. Walsh 2 M. Buckley (c) 3 G. Fitzpatrick 4 F. Malone 5 J. Higgins 6 J. Hayes 7 J. Loughlin 8 B. Gannon 9 J. Curtis 10 P. Martin 11 P. Doyle 12 B. Mangan 13 P. Loughlin 14 T. Keogh 15 M. Goff Sub used P. Ryan

Kildare – 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (4th title)

1 M. Walsh 2 M. Buckley 3 M. Goff 4 G. Fitzpatrick 5 F. Malone 6 J. Higgins 7 J. Hayes 8 J. Loughlin 9 B. Gannon (c) 10 P. Martin 11 P. Loughlin 12 P. Doyle 13 B. Mangan 14 J. Curtis 15 T. Keogh

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