Malcolm Briggs Football player
Malcolm D. Briggs (born 14 September 1961) is an English former professional footballer born in Sunderland who played in the Football League for Birmingham City. When he left school in 1977, he joined Birmingham City as an apprentice, and turned professional two years later. Briggs had not yet established himself as a reserve-team regular when manager Jim Smith unexpectedly named him as substitute for the First Division match away at Manchester City on 1 May 1979. He made his debut coming on to replace Alan Buckley for what turned out to be a fifteen-minute first division Football League career. He was due to play the next two matches for the first team, however he caught flu and missed the games. He then played for the second division team until his departure from the club in 1980. He left the club to join Durham City in August 1980.