Lillian Hickey

Lillian Margaret Jean Hickey (8 September 1922 – 25 September 1965) was a Canadian outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She batted and threw right-handed.

Born in 1922 in Nelson, British Columbia, Lillian Hickey was one of the sixty-eight girls from Canada who came to play baseball in the All-American League during its 12-year history.

At age 13, Lillian started playing senior softball for the Nelson Red Sox, winning the city league batting title in 1941. In between, she played basketball, bowled for a local team that won the first inter-city ladies five pin tournament, and regularly swam across Kootenay Lake, winning several swimming competitions and diving events. In the field, she recorded 11 putouts with one assist and one error for a .857 fielding percentage. Then in 1998, Hickey and all Canadian AAGPBL players gained honorary induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.