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Australian rules footballer (1929–2021)

Australian rules footballer
Joe Hickey
Personal information
Full name Joseph Hickey
Date of birth (1929-03-07)7 March 1929
Date of death (2021-11-11)11 November 2021
Original team(s) Katandra, Shepparton
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1953 Fitzroy 26 (48)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Career highlights
  • 1953 - 5th in VFL Goalkicking (40 goals)
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), and Josephine Marie Hickey (1894-1988), née Wilson, 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.

Football

Hickey originally played with Katandra in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League from 1947 to 1949.

Hickey was involved in a permit dispute when trying to get a clearance from Kantandra to Shepparton in 1950.

Hickey was a key forward with Shepparton, who he played with in 1950 and kicked 16 goals in one match and 82 for the season, plus 7 in the finals to finish with 89 goals.

In 1951, Hickey only kicked 30 goals for Shepparton as his season was interrupted by an ongoing permits dispute.

He later played in Shepparton's 1951 premiership team, alongside his brother, Denis.

Fitzroy (VFL)

Recruited from Shepparton, Hickey made 13 appearances for Fitzroy in 1952, including their preliminary final loss to Collingwood. In 1953 he was Fitzroy's leading goal-kicker with 40 goals, including 8 eight goals against North Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval.

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 and returned to the [[Goulburn Valley Football League to play with Shepparton.

References

  1. "Tribute: HICKEY, Joseph". Herald Sun.
  2. "1953 - LEAGUE MATCH DETAILS". The Argus. 17 August 1953. p. 19. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  3. Deaths: Hickey, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 March 1954), p.11.
  4. Daniel Hickey, The Advocate, (Thursday, 13 May 1954), p.20.
  5. Deaths: Hickey (Wilson), The Age, (Thursday, 14 April 1988), p.26.
  6. "1947 - The Sharpshooters". Trove. Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 5 September 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  7. "1950 - No permits for Hickey's". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 6 June 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  8. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  9. "1950 - JOE HICKEY KICKS 16 GOALS FOR SHEPPARTON". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954). 26 July 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  10. "1950 - The Sharpshooters". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 22 August 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  11. "1951 - The Sharpshooters". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 21 August 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  12. "1951 - More Hickey troubles". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 1 June 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  13. "1951 - Maroons too robust for Tatura". Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953). 18 September 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  14. ^ "AFL Tables: Joe Hickey". afltables.com.
  15. The Argus,"Fitzroy To Lose Hickey", 16 March 1954, p. 16

External links

Fitzroy Football Club · leading goalkickers
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