Merv Hicks
Personal information
Full name Mervyn Ernest Hicks
Date of birth 21 August 1936
Date of death 14 December 2013(2013-12-14) (aged 77)
Place of death Shepparton, Victoria
Original team(s) Mooroopna
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1956, 1959 Collingwood 6 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mervyn Ernest "Merv" Hicks (21 August 1936 – 14 December 2013)[1] 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.[2][3] He played twice for Collingwood in the 1956 VFL season but was unable to get a game over the next two years.[4] On his return, against Footscray in round six of the 1959 season, Hicks was used as a full-forward and kicked five goals.[4] 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.[5] In his first season at Eaglehawk he topped the league's goal-kicking with 64 goals.

References

  1. ↑ "Obituaries - HICKS, Mervyn Ernest (Merv)". Herald Sun. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ↑ The Age,"Collingwood", 8 June 1955, p. 9
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. 1 2 AFL Tables: Merv Hicks
  5. ↑ The Age,"Hicks Coach at Eaglehawk", 22 Nov 1960, p. 13
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