Jack Higgins (Gaelic footballer)

John Higgins, known as Jack, was born in 1903 and died on 23 October 1955. He was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right centre half-back for the Kildare senior team. He made his debut in the 1925 championship and was a regular in the starting fifteen until he retired a decade later, winning two All-Ireland medals and seven Leinster medals and finishing as an All-Ireland runner-up on four occasions. At club level he was a six-time county club championship medallist.