Paul Higgins (footballer)

Paul Higgins (8 March 1946 – 15 February 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Paul Higgins
Personal information
Full name Paul William Higgins
Date of birth (1946-03-08)8 March 1946
Date of death 15 February 2016(2016-02-15) (aged 69)
Original team(s) Assumption College
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1965 South Melbourne 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Higgins was a detective with Victorian Police. In 1987 he was arrested and charged with corruption. In one of Australia's longest and most expensive trials, he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in jail.[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Silvester, John (16 February 2016). "Paul Higgins – a policeman who took secrets to the grave". The Age. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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