Jimmy Briggs

Football, Football player

1937 – 2011

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Who was Jimmy Briggs?

James "Jimmy" Briggs was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full back. Briggs played the majority of his career with Dundee United, making nearly 400 appearances and captaining the side when they defeated Barcelona in their first European campaign in the 1960s. After leaving the club he briefly played for Montrose and Highland League team Keith.

Briggs was named in 2008 as one of the inaugural inductees to the Dundee United Hall of Fame.

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Born
Apr 8, 1937
Dundee
Nationality
  • Scotland
Lived in
  • Dundee
Died
Apr 10, 2011
Dundee

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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