Peter Higham

Peter Higham
Higham in 1950
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-11-08)8 November 1930
Place of birth Wigan, England
Date of death 3 July 2026(2026-07-03) (aged 95)
Place of death Wigan, England
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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 (8 November 1930 – 3 July 2026) was an English footballer who played as a forward.

Career

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. He later joined Bolton Wanderers, but left the club without making a first team appearance, and signed for Preston North End 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.

Death

Higham died in Wigan on 3 July 2026, aged 95. At the time of his death, he was noted as being Portsmouth F.C.'s oldest living player.

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. ↑ Neil Allen (3 July 2026) Portsmouth's oldest-living player and First Division champion Peter Higham passes away at 95. portsmouth.co.uk