Joe Hickey | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Joseph Hickey | ||
Date of birth | 7 March 1929 | ||
Date of death | [1] | 11 November 2021||
Original team(s) | Shepparton | ||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1952–1953 | Fitzroy | 26 (48) | |
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).
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.
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]
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]