Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Mick Hickey | |
Irish: | Mícheál Ó hIcí |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1911 |
Death Date: | 22 July 1998 (aged 86) |
Feet: | 5 |
Inches: | 11 |
Occupation: | Farmer |
County: | Waterford |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Portlaw |
Clcounty: | 1 |
Counties: | Waterford |
Icposition: | Right wing-back |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 0 |
Birth Place: | Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dunmore Road, Waterford, Ireland |
Michael Hickey (6 August 1911 – 22 July 1998) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper and as a right wing-back for the Waterford senior team.[1] He was the nephew of Michael O'Hickey.
Born in Portlaw, County Waterford, Hickey first arrived on the inter-county scene as a member of the Waterford junior team. Hickey subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen of the Waterford senior team and won one All-Ireland medal.
At club level Hickey was a one-time championship medallist with Portlaw.