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 and Hull City, and in the North American Soccer League for Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[2] He is noted for his prolific scoring for Middlesbrough between 1966 and 1976.
Hickton was born in Brimington, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] As of 2009, he ranked fourth in the club's all-time goalscorers list and third in terms of appearances,[5] behind George Camsell, George Elliott and Brian Clough, and Tim Williamson and Gordon Jones respectively.
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