Tom Hickey (footballer, born 1991)
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Hickey playing for St Kilda in April 2018
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tom Hickey | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland | ||
| Original team(s) | Morningside | ||
| Draft | Queensland zone selection, 2010 AFL Draft |
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| Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruck/forward | ||
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| Current club | St Kilda | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2011–2012 | Gold Coast | 12 (5) | |
| 2013– | St Kilda | 59 (18) | |
| Total | 71 (23) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 8, 2018.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Tom Hickey (born 6 March 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Hickey formerly played for the Gold Coast Suns and made his debut in round 22, 2011, against Adelaide.
Hickey was born into a Brisbane family in which his father was a former professional rugby league player. His father, Mick, played ten years of A-grade rugby league for Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane Rugby League. While in primary school between the ages of six and fourteen Hickey played rugby league for the Redland Rugby League Football Club in the position of five-eighth. Upon graduation from St. Anthony's Catholic Primary School he moved to Iona College and tried his hand at basketball, rugby union, water polo, athletics and volleyball. He made his main focus volleyball while in high school and represented the Queensland state team as well as the schoolboys team throughout his schooling life. During his last term of high school in 2008 he joined friends at Iona to compete in four football games at the Associated Independent Colleges school competition and in doing so played Australian rules football for the first time at 17 years of age. While playing he was spotted by an AFL Queensland representative and was invited to join the AFLQ Rookie Search Program.
At the beginning of 2009 Hickey joined the Morningside Australian Football Club's under 18 side. His under 18 team would win the premiership that year and Hickey finished second in the league best and fairest medal. The following year he was picked to represent Queensland in the 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships where he was the Queensland ruckman. He also established himself as a ruckman in Morningside's senior team and was a part of the 2010 QAFL premiership winning team. Matching up against former AFL players Peter Everitt and Trent Knobel in the grand final, Hickey's team would come back from a 20-point deficit at three quarter time to win the premiership. Following the 2010 season he travelled to Canberra to showcase himself at the AFL Draft Combine. He was the best performed ruckman in the agility test and equal second best among ruckmen in the beep test as well as being ranked second overall in the 'clean hands' test. Hickey was drafted under zone concessions to the newly formed Gold Coast Football Club in October 2010 and moved to the Gold Coast to begin his first AFL preseason.
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