[5] Rigby was born in Bury St Edmunds, and began his career with Norwich City, with whom he won a FA Youth Cup winner's medal in 1983.
[2] A forward, he made ten first-team appearances for Norwich, without scoring, and after that he played for Aldershot and Cambridge United.
Summers 1983-1987 he played in Finland, Kokkola for Kokkolan Palloseura (KPS).
He retired from the professional game due to a pelvic injury, then played non-league football in Norfolk for Thetford Town and Wroxham.
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