Peter Higham

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Peter Higham
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-11-08) 8 November 1930 (age 93)
Place of birth Wigan, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1948–1949 Wigan Athletic 4 (0)
1949–1950 Portsmouth 1 (0)
1950–1952 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
1952–1955 Preston North End 15 (10)
1955–1958 Nottingham Forest 61 (20)
1958–1959 Doncaster Rovers 22 (6)
1959–1960 Wigan Athletic 29 (20)
1960 Rhyl
1960–1961 Morecambe
1961–1962 Wigan Athletic 31 (26)
Stalybridge Celtic
1965–1966 Buxton 44 (33)
1966–1968 Mossley 21 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Born in Wigan, Higham served in the Royal Marines as part of his National Service, making one appearance for Portsmouth as an amateur in 1950. [1] He later joined Bolton Wanderers, but left the club without making a first team appearance, and signed for Preston North End in 1952. [2]

Higham was sold to Nottingham Forest in 1955 for a fee of £8,000. [3] 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. [4]

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References

  1. "The League Champions Are Hoping The Boy From Wigan Will Prove Without A Peer" . The Daily Mirror. 25 February 1950. p. 10 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "The Big Interview". Lancashire Evening Post. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. "Peter Higham's Nottingham Forest memories". Nottingham Post. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. Nottingham Forest FC ❤️ [@NFFC] (8 November 2020). "A very happy 90th birthday to former player Peter Higham! 🎂 Peter is the last surviving member of the 1956-57 promotion winning side, scoring 20 times in 61 appearances in the Garibaldi. We hope you enjoy your day! 🙌 #NFFC https://t.co/3IYg01j4jw" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021 via Twitter.