| Joe Hickey | |
| Fullname: | Joseph Hickey |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1929 |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Originalteam: | Shepparton |
| Height: | 188 cm |
| Weight: | 87 kg |
| Position: | Forward |
| Statsend: | 1953 |
| Years1: | 1952–1953 |
| Club1: | Fitzroy |
| Games Goals1: | 26 (48) |
Joe Hickey (7 March 1929 – 11 November 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of Daniel James Hickey (1890-1954),[2] [3] and Josephine Marie Hickey (1894-1988), née Wilson,[4] Joseph Hickey was born on 7 March 1929.
He married Audrey May Hoare in 1955.
Joe Hickey’s granddaughter is Australian Olympian Madeline Heiner; and, according to Joe, she acquired all her running ability from him.
Hickey was a key forward, recruited to Fitzroy from Shepparton.[5]
He made 13 appearances for Fitzroy in 1952, including their preliminary final loss to Collingwood.[6] In 1953 he was Fitzroy's leading goal-kicker with 40 goals, including 8 eight goals against North Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval.[6]
Following the death of his father in a road accident on 25 February 1954, Hickey decided to work at his Invergordon farm full-time.[7]