About John Hickton
Born 1944. John Hickton is a British association football player.
John Hickton (born 24 September 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a striker for Sheffield Wednesday, Middlesbrough and Hull City, and in the North American Soccer League for Fort Lauderdale Strikers. He is noted for his prolific scoring for Middlesbrough between 1966 and 1976.
Hickton was born in Brimington, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire. which caught the eye of Middlesbrough manager Stan Anderson, who took Hickton to Teesside in 1966.
Hickton was a goalscoring legend at Middlesbrough where he scored 192 goals in 10 years at the club, making nearly 500 appearances. As of 2009, he ranked fourth in the club's all-time goalscorers list and third in terms of appearances, behind George Camsell, George Elliott and Brian Clough, and Tim Williamson and Gordon Jones respectively.
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Who is John Hickton?
footballer (born 1944)
When was John Hickton born?
John Hickton was born on 24 September 1944 in Chesterfield.
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John Hickton is an association football player.
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John Hickton is British.
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