| Martin Hicks | |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Stratford-on-Avon, England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 19??–1977 |
| Clubs1: | Stratford Town |
| Years2: | 1977–1978 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1978–1991 |
| Clubs3: | Reading |
| Caps3: | 500 |
| Goals3: | 23 |
| Years4: | 1991–1993 |
| Caps4: | 60 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 1993–1995 |
| Clubs5: | Newbury Town |
| Manageryears1: | 1993–1995 |
| Managerclubs1: | Newbury Town (player-manager) |
Martin Hicks (born 27 February 1957) is a former footballer who played in the Football League as adefender for Reading and Birmingham City. He made 500 League appearances for Reading.[2]
Hicks holds the record for the highest number of first team appearances by a Reading player, making a total of 603 first team appearances.
In a 2005 fans' vote to compile Reading's best-ever eleven, Hicks was voted on the team as one of the centre backs.[3]
Between March and August 1979, Hicks was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester United.[4]
After leaving Reading he joined Birmingham City, and was their Player of the Year for 1992.[5]