Wilson Briggs

Wilson Briggs
Personal information
Full name Wilson Waite Briggs[1]
Date of birth (1942-05-15)15 May 1942
Place of birth Gorebridge, Scotland
Date of death February 2005 (aged 62)
Place of death Birmingham, England
Position Defender
Youth career
–1959 Arniston Rangers
1959–1961 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1963 Aston Villa 2 (0)
1968–1969 Falkirk 0 (0)
1969–1970 East Fife 3 (0)
1970–1971 Raith Rovers 1 (0)
Total 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilson Waite Briggs (15 July 1942 – February 2005) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa.[2]

Briggs was spotted by Villa scout Jimmy Emson and joined Aston Villa in August 1959, travelling down from Edinburgh on the train with Charlie Aitken.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wilson Briggs". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ "WILSON BRIGGS". Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  3. ^ Aston Villa Greats Leon Hickman, 1989, ISBN 0 85976 313 7