Australian rules footballer (1929–2021)
Australian rules footballer
Joe Hickey |
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Full name |
Joseph Hickey |
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Date of birth |
(1929-03-07)7 March 1929 |
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Date of death |
(2021-11-11)11 November 2021[1] |
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Original team(s) |
Shepparton |
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Height |
188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
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Weight |
87 kg (192 lb) |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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1952–1953 |
Fitzroy |
26 (48) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. |
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Joe Hickey (7 March 1929 – 11 November 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Daniel James Hickey (1890-1954),[2][3] and Josephine Marie Hickey (1894-1988), née Wilson,[4] Joseph Hickey was born on 7 March 1929.
He married Audrey May Hoare in 1955.
Joe Hickey’s granddaughter is Australian Olympian Madeline Heiner; and, according to Joe, she acquired all her running ability from him.
Ftitzroy (VFL)
Hickey was a key forward, recruited to Fitzroy from Shepparton.[5]
He made 13 appearances for Fitzroy in 1952, including their preliminary final loss to Collingwood.[6] In 1953 he was Fitzroy's leading goal-kicker with 40 goals, including 8 eight goals against North Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval.[6]
After Fitzroy
Following the death of his father in a road accident on 25 February 1954, Hickey decided to work at his Invergordon farm full-time.[7]
References
- ^ "Tribute: HICKEY, Joseph". Herald Sun.
- ^ Deaths: Hickey, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 March 1954), p.11.
- ^ Daniel Hickey, The Advocate, (Thursday, 13 May 1954), p.20.
- ^ Deaths: Hickey (Wilson), The Age, (Thursday, 14 April 1988), p.26.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ a b "AFL Tables: Joe Hickey". afltables.com.
- ^ The Argus,"Fitzroy To Lose Hickey", 16 March 1954, p. 16
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