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Dave (David) Hickson:
Forward |
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Date of Birth:
30.10.1929 |
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With the Reds: 1959-1961 |
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Bought from: Everton
(2) |
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Signed for
LFC: 12,000 - 06.11.1959 |
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Debut: 7th November 1959 v
Aston Villa (H) D2 win 2-1, 2 goals (Aged 30) |
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Last match:
29.04.1961 |
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Debut
goal: 07.11.1959 |
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1st team
league games: 60 |
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1st team
league goals: 37 |
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Total 1st
team games: 67 |
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Total 1st
team goals: 38 |
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Contract expiry: July
1961, transfered to Cambridge City for 1,000 |
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International caps:
England youth |
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goals: |
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Former clubs: Ellesmere
Port, Everton, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Everton (2), Cambridge City, Bury, Tranmere
Rovers, Ballymena United (player/manager), Ellesmere Port Town (player/manager), Northwich
Victoria, Winsford United. |
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Birth Place: Ellesmere
Port, England |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1959-60 |
27 |
21 |
2 |
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29 |
21 |
| 1960-61 |
33 |
16 |
2 |
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3 |
1 |
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38 |
17 |
| Total |
60 |
37 |
4 |
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3 |
1 |
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67 |
38 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
started/substitutions |
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Total |
Competition |
| 60 |
Started |
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60 |
League |
| 0 |
On the bench |
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4 |
FA Cup |
| 0 |
Substitute |
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3 |
League Cup |
| 0 |
Substituted |
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Career Milestones for Dave Hickson:
Appearances in all competitions
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Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
07.11.1959 |
Aston Villa |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
| 50 |
17.12.1960 |
Leeds United |
2-2 |
Elland Road |
League |
Goals in all competitions
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Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
07.11.1959 |
54 |
Aston Villa |
2-1 |
Anfield |
League |
Total LFC
games/goals for Reserves
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Reserves |
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League |
LS Cup |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1960-61 |
3 |
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1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Total |
3 |
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1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
Notes:
Statistics of games and goals Reserves included in the table for a season 1960-61,
not the full. |
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PROFILE
The transfer of 'dashing' Dave Hickson from Everton to Liverpool in November 1959
caused an unprecedented furore on Merseyside.
Hickson was the undisputed darling of the Gwladys Street and the man Kopites loved
to hate. Liverpudlians were so outraged at the prospect of him donning red shirt that they
threatened to rip up their season tickets and Evertonians stated likewise.
The local press was flooded with letters of protest but with Liverpool in desperate
need of firepower to boost their faltering promotion push the deal eventually went
through.
The following afternoon a bumper crowd of close on 50,000 were in attendance as the
'Cannonball Kid' (as he was known at Everton), made a dream start to his Liverpool career.
Despite the controversy that surrounded his move and fears that the Liverpudlians
would not take to their new signing, Hickson was given a heroes reception when he ran out
at Anfield for the first time in a red shirt.
His arrival put almost 15,000 on the gate for the visit of league leaders Aston
Villa, ironically one of his former clubs, and one fan even ran across the pitch to plant
a kiss on his cheek!
He responded by scoring two goals in a memorable 2-1 win and the Kop had found
themselves a new hero. Although quiet and unassuming off the field, on the pitch Hickson
possessed a fiery temperament and this often got him into trouble with referees.
On one such occasion, at home to Sheffield United in January 1960, he was sent off.
Copyright of Official Site Liverpool FC
Big signings - Dave Hickson from Everton to
Liverpool
This article is from a group of articles focusing on the arrival of several big
names in Liverpool history who succeeded or failed at Liverpool. Once upon a time they
were new signings and unproven in the eyes of the fans and the media and it's interesting
to see how they were portrayed in the media at the time.
Hickson signs for Liverpool: Leads attack to-morrow.
Clubs agree compromise fee of about 12,000.
Liverpool FC. to-day signed Dave Hickson at a fee of about 12,000. He plays
to-morrow at centre-forward against his old club Aston Villa, at Anfield.
Thus the impasse of a week between the two senior clubs of this city has been
broken by compromise. Liverpool stepped up their original offer: Everton toned down the
15,000 fee they set on Hickson's worth when agreeing his transfer request. So I hope
everyone is satisfied, though I fear it won't be!
"I am delighted"
The Liverpool party arrived at Goodison Park at 11.45 a.m. and consisted of Mr. Tom
Williams, chairman, Mr. Lawson Martindale, director, Manager Phil Taylor and Secretary
Jimmy McInnes.
After signing Hickson said: "I am very pleased indeed that I have signed for
Liverpool after a week of uncertainty and I know my wife and family share my feelings. It
has been an anxious time for me recently, but everything is all right now. I am delighted.
I am looking forward very much to playing for Liverpool to-morrow, particularily as it
will be against one of my old clubs, Aston Villa. I just want the Liverpool fans to know
that I will always do my best for them and the club as I have done at Everton."
Hickson, the blond, 29-years-old, whose first love was Everton - he joined as a boy
of 15 - thus crosses the park to join a club whose need for him was immediate. This was
essentially a now-or-never signing, aimed at allowing Liverpool to strike out for a
challenging position in their Division, and at promotion. If Hickson is as effective for
his new club as he was for Everton when helping them regain status, the 12,000 cheque
will have been well spent.
Never in the history of football in this city has there been such a rumpus about a
player from one club joining neighbours and rivals. Everton fans have written that if
Hickson goes they go with him; Liverpool have received warning that if Hickson arrives
some of their most loyal fans will depart! It remains to be seen if these factions will be
as good as their word. The public and football fans have notoriously short memory.
This is his life
Born in Salford. Lived as a boy in Ellesmere Port.
Signed professional forms for Everton in May, 1948 after joining club as a
15-years-old. Had been playing centre-forward of the Lancashire youth team.
First team debut against Leeds United, at Leeds, September 1, 1951.
In March, 1953, in a Cup semi-final against Bolton, at Maine Road, he was concussed
but returned to complete the game, never knowing what the score was.
Awarded benefit cheque of 750 in October, 1953.
The first of his three suspensions came a month later, for seven days, following an
incident against Leicester City at Goodison on October 31.
Second suspension, this time for 14 days, in February, 1955. He had been sent off
against Sheffield Wednesday at Goodison on December 11.
Transferred to Aston Villa in September, 1955, for 20,000. Up to that date he had
played in 151 League and Cup games and scored 69 goals for Everton.
Transferred by Villa to Huddersfield in November, 1955 for 18,000.
Married Miss Irene Jones, of Ellesmere Port, a month later.
Re-signed for Everton from Huddersfield on July 27, 1957 for 6,500.
Suspended for three weeks in January, 1958. He had been sent off against Manchester
City at Maine Road on December 7.
Three times dropped from Everton first team this season, the last time a week ago
before Leicester City match.
Earlier chance
Liverpool missed an earlier chance to sign Hickson when he was at Huddersfield and,
for all anyone knew, reaching the end of his career. They would not pay the 6,000 fee
Huddersfield wanted and Everton stepped in and took at a cheap rate the man they not long
ago before passed on to Villa for for 20,000.
Mellowed
Hickson's talkativeness on the field has more than once caused his name to go into
the referee's black book. Whatever Hickson did on the field he never went out from the
dressing room other than determined to play the game and nothing but the game, but his
enthusiasm for the cause and idolising effect of his many fans often made for trouble. In
recent times he has mellowed a great deal.
Liverpool have solved the problem where to inject the newcomer by taking the
unusual course of playing Harrower at outside-right to the exclusion of Morrissey. Thus,
it has has not been found necessary to disturb the young Roger Hunt, whom most people
anticipated might have to lose his place so that Hickson could be accommodated in the
centre.
Perhaps the oddest thing about Hickson's transfer is the fact that he played his
last senior game for Everton at the ground where he will appear for the first time in
Liverpool colours to-morrow - at Anfield! So he ends one club career and starts another on
the same pitch. He was in the Everton side which won a Floodlit Cup game at Anfield a week
last Wednesday.
By Leslie Edwards in the Liverpool Echo on 6th of November 1959.
Copyright - Liverpool Echo
Update: 07.03.2008 |
