John Higgins (Gaelic footballer)

John Higgins, born in 1963, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Kerry senior teams lasted four seasons from 1983 until 1987. He first appeared on the inter-county scene with the Kerry minor team in 1981, later won a Munster medal with the Kerry under-21 team and made his senior debut in the 1983-84 league. Over the following four seasons he won three successive All-Ireland medals as a non-playing substitute between 1984 and 1986, as well as three successive Munster medals and one National League medal. He played his last game for Kerry in June 1987.