John Hickton
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1944-09-24) 24 September 1944 (age 79) | ||
Place of birth | Chesterfield, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Sheffield Wednesday | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1966 | Sheffield Wednesday | 53 | (21) |
1966–1978 | Middlesbrough | 415 | (159) |
1976–1977 | → Hull City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
1978 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 | (1) |
Whitby Town | |||
Total | 477 | (182) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Hickton (born 24 September 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a striker for Sheffield Wednesday, Middlesbrough and Hull City, and in the North American Soccer League for Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[1] He is noted for his prolific scoring for Middlesbrough between 1966 and 1976.
Hickton was born in Brimington, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire.[1] He started his career at Sheffield Wednesday, and made his debut in the Football League First Division on 7 March 1964 in a 2–2 draw away to Aston Villa. He went on to score 21 goals from 56 appearances,[2] which caught the eye of Middlesbrough manager Stan Anderson, who took Hickton to Teesside in 1966.
Hickton was a goalscoring legend at Middlesbrough where he scored 192 goals in 10 years at the club, making nearly 500 appearances.[3] As of 2009, he ranked fourth in the club's all-time goalscorers list and third in terms of appearances,[4] behind George Camsell, George Elliott and Brian Clough, and Tim Williamson and Gordon Jones respectively.
References
- ^ a b "John Hickton". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ "John Hickton". The Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Adrian Bullock. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ Struthers, Greg (3 April 2005). "Caught in Time: Middlesbrough win the Second Division, 1974". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Heroes:John Hickton 1966–78". Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 20 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
External links
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
- Stats and photo at Sporting Heroes
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