Eddie Hickey
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| Eddie Hickey | |
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 20, 1902 Reynolds, Nebraska |
| Died | December 5, 1980 (aged 77) Mesa, Arizona |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1934 Basketball 1934–1943 1946–1947 1947–1958 1958–1964 |
Creighton Creighton Creighton Saint Louis Marquette |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–7 (football) 429–230 (basketball) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
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| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards Henry Iba Award (1959) NABC Coach of the Year (1959) |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1979 (profile) |
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| College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Edgar S. "Eddie" Hickey (December 20, 1902 – December 5, 1980) was college men's basketball coach. He coached at his alma mater of Creighton University (1934–1943, 1946–1947), St. Louis University (1947–1958) and Marquette University (1958–1964), compiling a 429–230 record. Hickey also served as the head football coach at Creighton in 1934, tallying a mark of 2–7. After retiring from coaching, Hickey managed the American Automobile Association headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1979 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. Hickey died of a heart attack on December 5, 1980 in Mesa, Arizona.[1]
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[edit] Head coaching record
[edit] Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Creighton Bluejays (Missouri Valley Conference) (1934) | |||||||||
| 1934 | Creighton | 2–7 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Creighton: | 2–7 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–7 | ||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ AP (December 8, 1980). "Hickey, Former Marquette Coach, Dies at 77". Schenectady Gazette. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ldGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8-cMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6178,3442226. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
[edit] External links
- Eddie Hickey at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Eddie Hickey at the College Football Data Warehouse
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