- Merv Hicks (Australian footballer)
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Merv Hicks Personal information Full name Mervyn Hicks Date of birth 21 August 1936 Original team Mooroopna Height/Weight 188 cm / 89 kg Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1956, 1959 Collingwood 6 (7) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1959 season .Merv Hicks (born 21 August 1936) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Hicks was from Numurkah, but was playing with Mooroopna when signed by Collingwood.[1][2] He played twice for Collingwood in the 1956 VFL season but was unable to get a game over the next two years.[3] On his return, against Footscray in round six of the 1959 season, Hicks was used as a full-forward and kicked five goals.[3] It would however be one of only four games he played that season and he opted to continue his career at Northcote.
He applied for the vacant senior coaching position at South Bendigo for the 1961 season but lost out to Alan McDonald. Instead he was signed by another Bendigo Football League club, Eaglehawk, as their first choice, Geelong's Les Borrack had been unable to get a transfer from his employers.[4] In his first season at Eaglehawk he topped the league's goal-kicking with 64 goals.
References
- ^ The Age,"Collingwood", 8 June 1955, p. 9
- ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ a b AFL Tables: Merv Hicks
- ^ The Age,"Hicks Coach at Eaglehawk", 22 Nov 1960, p. 13
Categories:- 1936 births
- Possibly living people
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Mooroopna Football Club players
- Northcote Football Club players
- Eaglehawk Football Club players
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