Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Jonathan Wiggett | ||
Date of birth | (1957-05-25)25 May 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Chapeltown, England | ||
Date of death | 23 March 1978(1978-03-23) (aged 20) | ||
Place of death | England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1976 | Lincoln City | 6 | (0) |
1976–1978 | Hartlepool United | 54 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Wiggett (25 May 1957 – 23 March 1978) was an English footballer who played for Lincoln City and Hartlepool United before losing his life in a car crash.
Wiggett, a left-back, began his career at Graham Taylor's Lincoln City, making his first-team debut in 1974. He made only a handful of appearances for the Imps, and joined Hartlepool in October 1976, where he made his debut in a Division Four match against Colchester United. During his 18-month spell at Hartlepool, Wiggett played 60 matches for the club, and scored one goal. On 23 March 1978 Wiggett was killed in a car crash. He was a passenger in a car driven by his Hartlepool teammate Bob Newton.
Two days after the crash, a minute of silence was observed before Hartlepool's away match against arch-rivals Darlington. Allegedly, sections of the Darlington crowd chanted throughout the minute of silence, and what followed was a very bad-tempered match Hartlepool eventually won 2–1. Following the match, Hartlepool manager Billy Horner, himself a former Darlington player, called the offending Darlo fans "a disgrace to their club, their town, and the human race".
References
- Dave Wiggett profile Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, In The Mad Crowd, a Hartlepool United resource. Retrieved on 4 February 2009.
- Matt Gardner: Familiarity breeds contempt, Atomic Sports Media (20 August 2007). Retrieved on 4 February 2009.
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