Merv Hicks
Collingwood
AFL career
6 games7 goals
- Debut
- R10 1956 v STK16 June 1956
- Most recent
- R12 1959 v SME18 July 1959
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Mooroopna in the Goulburn Valley, Merv Hicks was a tall, imposing forward who experienced a brief but memorable flash of brilliance at Victoria Park. He initially struggled to break into a powerful Collingwood lineup that contested the 1956 Grand Final, managing just two senior appearances in his debut season before spending the next two years out of the senior side. Hicks resurfaced in 1959 with a breakout performance against Footscray, booting five goals from full-forward in a Round 6 victory, but he was unable to parlay that display into a permanent spot in the 22. Following his six-game VFL career, he departed for the VFA with Northcote before cementing his legacy in the Bendigo Football League, where he became a premiership-winning captain-coach and leading goalkicker for Eaglehawk.
Profile
- Born
- 21 Aug 1936
- Died
- 14 Dec 2013 (aged 77y 115d)
- Birthplace
- Numurkah, VIC
- Deathplace
- Shepparton, VIC
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 89 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Mooroopna in the Goulburn Valley, Merv Hicks was a tall, imposing forward who experienced a brief but memorable flash of brilliance at Victoria Park. He initially struggled to break into a powerful Collingwood lineup that contested the 1956 Grand Final, managing just two senior appearances in his debut season before spending the next two years out of the senior side. Hicks resurfaced in 1959 with a breakout performance against Footscray, booting five goals from full-forward in a Round 6 victory, but he was unable to parlay that display into a permanent spot in the 22. Following his six-game VFL career, he departed for the VFA with Northcote before cementing his legacy in the Bendigo Football League, where he became a premiership-winning captain-coach and leading goalkicker for Eaglehawk.