Shaun Higgins (born March 4, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ...

He was picked with the Western Bulldogs first pick in the 2005 AFL Draft, 11th overall. He grew up in Geelong and was drafted from the Geelong Falcons. Played juniors with St Josephs and briefly with Bell Park, but then moved to Newtown for his intermedient football, progressing to the Geelong Falcons TAC Cup team. National Draft In total there were 76 picks in the 2005 AFL Draft. ... - - Nickname: City by the Bay Geography Area: 1,240 km² Coordinates: Time Zone UTC +10:00 Population (2003) 200,067 Among Australian cities: Density: persons/km² Political Mayor: Shane Dowling Governing body: City of Greater Geelong Geelong is a port city of 200,067 people (2003 census) located on Corio... Junior Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup competition, Victoria, Australia. ... The TAC Cup is an Australian rules football competition. ...

He was part of the 2005 TAC Cup team of the year (the under 18 competition).

He managed to make his debut in his first season (2006), against Collingwood. He played mostly as a small forward then but suffered a season ending elbow injury in round 13 against the West Coast Eagles. This ruled him out of playing finals at the end of 2006. Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ...

He plays in the forward line and sometimes throughout the centre.

He was the round 8 nominee for the 2007 NAB Rising Star award. The NAB Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. ...

External links

• Shaun Higgins profile on the Official AFL Website of the Western Bulldogs Football Club
• Shaun Higgins's statistics from AFL Tables

References

• AFL Record 2006 Season Preview, ed. Michael Lovett, AFL Publishing.