Harry Hickey

Harry Hickey
Hickey in 1948
Personal information
Full name	Henry Robert Hickey
Date of birth	(1917-07-19)19 July 1917
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	14 September 1999(1999-09-14) (aged 82)
Original team(s)	South Footscray
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s)	wing
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1937–1948	Footscray	174 (169)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Career highlights
3× McCarthy trophy/Con Curtain trophy: 1939, 1945, 1948 Footscray captain: 1947 Footscray FC: Team of the Century
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henry Robert Hickey^[1] (19 July 1917 – 14 September 1999)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Footscray Bulldogs in the Victorian Football League. He began his career as a rover and half forward flanker before he moved into the centre during the 1939 season. He would go on to win their best and fairest 3 times, including one in his final season.

Hickey famously kicked a behind after the final bell in Footscray's match against Carlton in the final round of the 1944 VFL season, which saw Footscray win the game by one point, and replace Carlton for the last place in that season's final four.^[3]

Hickey also played representative football for Victoria.

After retiring from the VFL, he was captain-coach of Rochester in the Bendigo Football League for four years and won the 1949 Bendigo Football League RSL best and fairest award.^[4] Hickey was still playing very good football at Rochester in 1955.^[5]

Hickey was named on the wing in Footscray's Team of the Century.^[6]

References

1. HICKEY HENRY ROBERT
2. "Harry Hickey - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
3. Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil, p. 312
4. "1949 - Harry Hickey". The Argus. 12 October 1949. p. 26. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
5. "1955 - ROCHESTER HAD A BAD DAY, BUT A BRIGHT NIGHT!". The Argus. 15 May 1955. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
6. "Footscray FC: Team of the Century". Boyles Football Photos. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links

• Harry Hickey at AustralianFootball.com