Jimmy Hickie | |
Fullname: | James Hickie |
Height: | 5ft 9+1/2in |
Position: | Left back |
Birth Date: | 1915 |
Birth Place: | Larkhall, Scotland[1] |
Death Date: | 1973 (aged 57)[2] |
Death Place: | Larkhall, Scotland |
Years1: | – |
Clubs1: | Larkhall Thistle |
Years2: | – |
Clubs2: | Burnbank Athletic |
Years3: | – |
Clubs3: | Preston North End |
Years4: | 1937–1946 |
Clubs4: | Clyde |
Caps4: | 63 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs5: | Asturias |
Years7: | 1947 |
Clubs7: | Dunfermline Athletic |
Caps7: | 5 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | – |
Nationalyears1: | 1938 |
Nationalteam1: | Scottish League XI |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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.