Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Benny Hickey | |
Irish: | Beircheart Ó hIcí |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Centre-forward |
Icyears: | 2002-2006 |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 19:14, 3 August 2015 |
Birth Date: | 1978 |
Birth Place: | Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Benny Hickey (born 1978) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Tipperary senior team.[1]
Born in Cahir, County Tipperary, Hickey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Tipperary under-21 team before later joining the junior side. He joined the senior football panel during the 2002 championship. Hickey subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Tommy Murphy Cup medal.
At club level Hickey is a one-time championship medallist with Cahir.[2]
Hickey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2006 championship.