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.

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.

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

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1917 is a stub.