Pat Hickey (footballer)

Patrick Joseph Hickey (3 September 1871 – 4 February 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the early days of the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Pat Hickey
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Hickey
Date of birth (1871-09-03)3 September 1871
Place of birth Timor, Victoria
Date of death 4 February 1946(1946-02-04) (aged 74)
Place of death Werribee, Victoria
Original team(s) Cumberland, Maryborough[1]
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s) Centre half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1895–1896 Fitzroy (VFA) 19 (0)
1897–1901 Fitzroy 61 (3)
Total 80 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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His brother, Con, also played with Fitzroy in the VFA and was later an administrator for Fitzroy and the VFL.[3]

Football

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A centre half-back, Hickey played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football Association, winning a premiership in 1895, before being part of the inaugural Fitzroy side in the VFL. He played in their 1898 and 1899 VFL premierships. Aside from being one of the best afield in the 1899 Grand Final, he also won Fitzroy's best and fairest award that year.

1899 team of "champions"

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At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus, Reginald Wilmot ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:

From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — Wilmot selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.[4]

Shire President

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He served as the President of the Werribee Shire Council from September 1929 to September 1930.[5][6]

Death

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He died at his residence, in Werribee, Victoria, on 4 February 1946.[7][8]

Notes

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  1. ^ "1895 - HOW THE PREMIERSHIP WAS WON". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 16 September 1895. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 391.
  3. ^ "These Days of Sport". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 7 September 1935. p. 29.
  4. ^ 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p. 6.
  5. ^ Werribee Shire Council, The Werribee Shire Banner, (Thursday, 19 September 1929), p. 1.
  6. ^ Werribee Shire Council, The Werribee Shire Banner, (Thursday, 18 September 1930), p. 1.
  7. ^ Deaths: Hickey, The Argus, (Tuesday, 5 February 1946), p. 2.
  8. ^ "1946 - Obituary - P J Hickey". Werribee Shire Banner (Vic). 7 February 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2024.

References

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