Robert John Hickman (26 December 1942 – 2 October 2019) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

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in the

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. In 1965 he moved to Tasmania to play for

Latrobe Football Club The Latrobe Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the town of Latrobe in northern Tasmania. The club competed in the North West Football Union throughout the competition's entire existence from 1910 until 1986, and has c ...

. He was awarded the Wander Medal for the league's

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player in 1966 and 1967. Hickman died in Latrobe in 2019, aged 76.

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* * 2019 deaths 1942 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Richmond Football Club players Latrobe Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub