Howard Hickey
| Position: | End |
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February 14, 1917 Clarksville, Arkansas |
| Died: | March 30, 2006 (aged 89) Aptos, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) |
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| High school: | Clarksville (AR) |
| College: | Arkansas |
| NFL Draft: | 1941 / Round: 6 / Pick: 41 |
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| Regular season: | 27–27–1 (.500) |
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Howard Wayne "Red" Hickey (February 14, 1917 – March 30, 2006) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1941 and the Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams from 1945 to 1948. Hickey served as head coach for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers from 1959 to 1963. He devised the shotgun formation in 1960.
A native of Clarksville, Arkansas, he attended the University of Arkansas, competing as a member of the football and basketball teams, where he won All-Conference accolades in both sports. In 1941, he was a forward on the Razorback team that reached the Final Four teams, even though the tournament format was different from today and didn't end in a four team final. While at the University of Arkansas, Hickey was a member of Xi chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
That fall, Hickey advanced to play in the National Football League (NFL) with both the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Rams, then missed the next three years while serving as a U.S. Navy gunnery officer during World War II. Upon his return, he was part of the 1945 Rams championship squad, then shifted with the team to Los Angeles to play from 1946 to 1948. During his first season back, he also married his high school sweetheart, Cecelia Surina.
Despite having finished the 1948 NFL season as the team's second-leading receiver with 30 catches for 509 yards and seven touchdowns, Hickey retired and joined the Rams' coaching ranks on April 20, 1949 as wide receivers coach. He remained in that capacity with the team for six seasons until resigning on December 12, 1954 along with his fellow assistants. The departure was the end result of continued conflicts with head coach Hamp Pool.
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