Joe Hickey (7 March 1929 – 11 November 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Hickey | ||
| Date of birth | (1929-03-07)7 March 1929 | ||
| Date of death | (2021-11-11)11 November 2021[1] | ||
| 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) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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]
Fitzroy Football Club · leading goalkickers | |
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