Pat Hickey (footballer)


Patrick Joseph Hickey was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the early days of the Victorian Football League.
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.