John Hickton

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For the District Attorney, see John Hickton (District Attorney).

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John Hickton
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-09-24) 24 September 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
– Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1966 Sheffield Wednesday 53 (21)
1966–1978 Middlesbrough 415 (159)
1976–1977 → Hull City (loan) 6 (1)
1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 (1)
– Whitby Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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, Hull City and Middlesbrough, and in the North American Soccer League for Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[1] He is noted for his prolific scoring for Middlesbrough between 1966 and 1976.

Hickton was born in Brimington, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire.[1] He started his career at Sheffield Wednesday, and made his debut in the Football League First Division on 7 March 1964 in a 2–2 draw away to Aston Villa. He went on to score 21 goals from 56 appearances,[2] 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.[3] As of 2009, he ranked fourth in the club's all-time goalscorers list and third in terms of appearances,[4] behind George Camsell, George Elliott and Brian Clough, and Tim Williamson and Gordon Jones respectively.

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