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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
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'''Thomas Cochrane Highet''' (28 August 1853 – 26 January 1907) was a Scottish [[association football|footballer]], who played for [[Queen's Park F.C.|Queen's Park]] and represented [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] four times.<ref name = "smith">{{harv|Smith|2013|p=126}}</ref><ref name = "sfa">{{SFA Profile|id=113105|name=Thomas Highet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/thomascochranehighet.html |title=Thomas Highet|work=www.londonhearts.com |publisher=London Hearts Supporters' Club |date= |access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

Highet was born in [[Ayr]] and was educated at [[Ayr Academy]]. He joined Queen's Park after moving to the Glasgow area in 1873,<ref name="sfa" /> although his first competitive match - in the first [[Scottish Cup]], in [[1873–74 Scottish Cup|1873–74]] - was for [[Granville F.C.|Granville]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Clydesdale v Granville |journal=The Scotsman |date=27 October 1873 |page=7}}</ref>

Highet also played [[cricket]], representing [[Clydesdale Cricket Club|Clydesdale]], Ayr Eglinton and Granville.<ref name = "sfa"/>

== Personal life ==
Thomas' son [[John Highet|John]] was also a footballer for Queen's Park.<ref name="McCrossan">{{cite web|url=http://www.queensparkfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Appendix-2.pdf|title=The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At October 2016 - Appendix 2|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|page=7|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref>

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*{{cite book | last=Smith | first=Paul |title=Scotland Who's Who | publisher=Pitch Publishing | year=2013 |isbn=9781909178847}}

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[[Category:1853 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football inside forwards]]
[[Category:Scottish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Scotland men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Queen's Park F.C. players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Ayr]]
[[Category:People educated at Ayr Academy]]


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