Leon Higgins

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{about||the politician from Maine|Leon F. Higgins}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|6|27|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Tocumwal (MFL)

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 80 kg

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| statsend = 1996

| years1 = 1987–1995

| club1 = Sydney

| games_goals1 = 121 (80)

| years2 = 1996

| club2 = Hawthorn

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| games_goalstotal = 122 (80)

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Leon Higgins (born 27 June 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans and Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL).

A red headed left footer, he was usually seen at the half forward line.

He represented New South Wales against Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 May 1992.

In February 1997, Higgins would join runner Shane Naylor to play for a Melbourne team in the 1997 Rugby League World Sevens tournament.{{cite news |last1=Mascord |first1=Steve |title=Those Magnificent Sevens |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited |date=8 February 1997 |location=Sydney, New South Wales |page=54}} The Melbourne team failed to win a match.{{cite book |last1=Middleton |first1=David |title=Rugby League 1998 |date=12 April 1998 |publisher=Harper Sports |location=Sydney |isbn=0732264243 |pages=136–137}}

Higgins played 79 games with the Wodonga Football Club, debuting with them in 1999. {{cite web |title=Wodonga Football Club - Senior Games |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6190-80838-0-0&sID=119145 |website=Wodonga Football Club }}

Before playing league football he played at Tocumwal, a club which he went onto coach in 2005 and 2006.{{cite web |title=Tocumwal Football Club - Hobourboard |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6191-147841-0-0&sID=91443 |website=Tocumwal Football Club }} winning the club best and fairest award in 2005. {{cite web |title=Tocumwal Football Club - Best & Fairest list |url=http://websites.sportstg.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6191-147841-0-0&sID=90855 |website=Tocumwal Football Club }}

Higgins coached the Victorian Country Under 16 side in 2015.{{cite web |title=Leon Higgins appointed coach of Vic Country U16 for 2015 |url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/sport/country-football/leon-higgins-appointed-coach-of-vic-country-u16-for-2015/news-story/8ed3d9cd29e2e72b97875ff74bcdfe60 |website=The Weekly Times |publisher=The Weekly Times Newspaper}}

Higgins coached the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League for three seasons from 2016 to 2018.