Johnny Quigley

Who was Johnny Quigley?

John "Johnny" Quigley, was a Scottish football midfielder. He began his career as a provisional signing with Glasgow Celtic, who farmed him out to Scottish Junior Football club St Anthony's. After Celtic terminated his contract he joined another non-league club Ashfield FC, but was almost immediately signed by Nottingham Forest in July 1957, scoring 58 goals in 270 appearances in the 7 seasons he was there.

In 1958, he was the first Forest player to score a First Division post-war hat trick which was against Manchester City. His goal against Aston Villa at Hillsborough won the FA Cup semi final which insured Forest a place in the 1959 FA Cup Final which ended with a 2–1 win over Luton Town a game where he was also a key player.

He left Nottingham Forest in February 1965 for Huddersfield Town where he scored 5 goals in 68 appearances, in October 1966 he joined Bristol City where he made 66 appearances and scored 7 goals.