An early Scottish football medal awarded to Alex Higgins of Kilmarnock FC for the Kilmarnock Charity Cup in 1886, 10ct. gold, fully inscribed with co

An early Scottish football medal awarded to Alex Higgins of Kilmarnock FC for the Kilmarnock Charity Cup in 1886, 10ct. gold, fully inscribed with competition details, weight 6gms. Alexander Higgins was born in Kilmarnock 7th November 1863 and originally was a coal miner. The centre-forward, capped for Scotland, was signed from his hometown club Kilmarnock FC by Derby County to play in the first season of The Football League in 1888-89. He was the club's top goalscorere that season which included scoring four times in the home fixture v Aston Villa. He later played for Nottingham Forest before ending his career back at Kilmarnock. Higgins died on 17th April 1920 the very day Kilmarnock won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history. His son Alex Higgins Jr. also played for Kilmarncok and was a capped Scottish international.