Robert Hickman

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Robert Hickman
Personal information
Full name Robert John Hickman
Date of birth (1942-12-26)26 December 1942
Place of birth Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Date of death 2 October 2019(2019-10-02) (aged 76)
Place of death Latrobe, Tasmania
Original team(s) Warragul Industrials
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1961–64 Richmond 18 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1964.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Robert John Hickman (26 December 1942 – 2 October 2019) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League.[1]

In 1965 he moved to Tasmania to play for Latrobe Football Club. He was awarded the Wander Medal for the league's best and fairest player in 1966 and 1967.[2] Hickman died in Latrobe in 2019, aged 76.[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Vale Robert 'Bob' Hickman". www.facebook.com. Latrobe Football Club. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Robert John (Bob) HICKMAN Death Notice". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

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