- Soccer star looks unrecognizable in throwback snapshot
- His club shared the images on Thursday.
- So can you recognize who it is?
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There aren’t many AFL fans in 2024 who wouldn’t recognize this young adult.
But asking them to identify this smiling boy chomping on a TimTam? They may find it difficult to do so.
An AFL club has shared a video of one of its star players as a child being held up in the crowd during a passionate game back in 2005.
So can you guess who it is?
A photo of a current AFL player has been shared on social media.
That’s right, it’s St Kilda star Jack Higgins!
Higgins, now 25, recreated the iconic image this week, and the Saints posted a photo of him chomping on a TimTam during a photo shoot.
Reflecting on that moment almost 20 years ago, Higgins told the club’s official website: “I didn’t even know the guy who was holding me back in the crowd!”
‘I was a stranger, dad was sitting next to me. Dad was quite outgoing and he chatted with a lot of fans, so we all must have chatted at the game.
‘I know his face… I may have sat next to him once or twice in other games, but I never saw him again! I think the camera was panning at the time and he just grabbed me, but I thank that guy for including me on TV!
The unrecognizable star is none other than St Kilda’s Jack Higgins.
“Dad didn’t let me have Tim Tams when I was a kid either, so I think this guy just shoved it in my mouth and I was eating it when the camera came by.
‘That or I pinched one!’
Reflecting on his happy childhood memories after the Saints, Higgins said: ‘Dad, Mum and I went to all the Saints home games. We didn’t miss a game.
‘I remember being in the Grand Final when BJ achieved that mark (in 2010). Mom and Dad were members and in the drawing they got a ticket to sit in their pocket.
“All the Saints fans were just hugging each other, we thought we’d won it.”