Pat Hickey (footballer)

Pat Hickey
Pat Hickey
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Joseph Hickey
Date of birth	3 September 1871
Place of birth	Timor, Victoria
Date of death	4 February 1946 (aged 74)
Place of death	Werribee, Victoria
Original team(s)	Cumberland
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Position(s)	Centre half-back
Playing career1
Years	Club
1895–1896	Fitzroy (VFA)
1897–1901	Fitzroy
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Career highlights
	2× VFL premierships: 1898, 1899; Fitzroy Club Champion: 1899;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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).^[1]

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.

His brother, Con, also played with Fitzroy in the VFA and was later an administrator for Fitzroy and the VFL.^[2]

"Old Boy's" Champion Player of 1899[edit]

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

Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong)
Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne)
Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon)
Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne)
Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne)
Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong)
Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).

From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — "Old Boy" selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season.^[3]

Notes[edit]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 391. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ "These Days of Sport". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 7 September 1935. p. 29.
^ 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6.

External links[edit]

Pat Hickey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Pat Hickey at AustralianFootball.com

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[1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 391. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] "These Days of Sport". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 7 September 1935. p. 29.

[3] 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6.

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1898: Fitzroy 5.8 (38) defeated Essendon 3.5 (23), at the Junction Oval 1899: Fitzroy 3.9 (27) defeated South Melbourne 3.8 (26), at the Junction Oval
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