Jimmy Hickie

Jimmy Hickie
Personal information
Full name James Hickie
Date of birth 1915
Place of birth Larkhall, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1973 (aged 57)[2]
Place of death Larkhall, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Larkhall Thistle[1]
– Burnbank Athletic[1]
– Preston North End[1]
1937–1946 Clyde 63 (0)
1946–1947 Asturias
1947 Dunfermline Athletic 5 (0)
International career
1938 Scottish League XI 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Hickie (1915–1973) was a Scottish footballer who played as a left back.[3] In a professional career badly affected by World War II, prior to the conflict he won the Scottish Cup with Clyde in 1939[4][5] and was selected for the Scottish Football League XI.[6] During wartime he turned out for Clyde,[7] St Mirren[8] and Dumbarton[9] in unofficial competitions, and at its end he accepted an invitation from William Reaside to play in Mexico for a year, alongside Jackie Milne and Tom McKillop,[10] before returning to Scotland where he played briefly for Dunfermline Athletic.

His Scottish Cup medal was stolen from his son's home in a 1992 housebreaking but later appeared for sale at auction, and was subsequently returned to the family.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "1939 Scottish Cup Final Programme Clyde V Motherwell (scanned page images)". 22 April 1939. Retrieved 14 August 2020 – via Football Programme Centre.
  2. ^ "James Hickie death record". Scotland's People. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Peace and War – Shawfield – 1920–1945". Clyde F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. ^ Scottish Cup final: 80th anniversary for Clyde side that held the trophy longest, BBC Sport, 27 May 2019
  6. ^ (SFL player) Hickie, James, London Hearts Supporters Club
  7. ^ Rangers "Sweep the Boards": Charity Cup Victory over Clyde, Glasgow Herald, 31 May 1940
  8. ^ Player profiles H Archived 25 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine, StMirren.info
  9. ^ "Jimmy Hickie – Player Statistics". The Sons Archive. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. ^ Scottish football's Mexican adventure in 1946, Scottish Sport History, 29 May 2018


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