| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Leo Ó hÍcí | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born |
1939 Ballyboughal, County Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Ballyboughal | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1961-1964 | Dublin | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
Leo Hickey (born 1939) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played for club side Ballyboughal and at inter-county level with the Dublin senior football team.
Career
Hickey first came to prominence in 1961 with the Final League selection in the Dublin County Championship and was full-back on that year's Dublin junior team. Shortly after this he was named full-back on the Dublin senior team for an O'Byrne Cup game against Longford. Hickey won back-to-back Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and was in the Dublin inter-county side that won the 1963 All-Ireland final against Galway.[1][2]
Honours
- Dublin
References
- ^ Scully, Niall (18 May 2020). "'The thing I most remember is the noise. From the second we ran out, there was a din. And it was constant'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Mac Lochlainn, Rónán (26 August 2019). "The swinging Sixties - How the Dubs beat the odds to reclaim Sam after Heffo's retirement". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
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