RIP Dave Hickson

Everton FC have confirmed on their website that legendary centre-forward Dave Hickson has passed away aged 83.

Hickson, was an iconic figure at Goodison Park but was also one of the few players to also turn out for both Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers.

Hickson, who was born in Salford but raised in Ellesmere Port, was the childhood hero of current Blues chairman Bill Kenwright and one of only eight players in Everton's history to have scored over 100 goals for the club.

It was with the Blues where Hickson began his professional career, scoring 71 goals in 151 games between 1951 and 1955.

Spells at Aston Villa and Huddersfield followed before he returned to Goodison Park in 1957. However, Hickson opted to make the move across Stanley Park in November 1959.

Nicknamed the 'Cannonball Kid', he fired 38 goals in 67 games for Liverpool during his two-year spell at the club, including a brace on his debut in a 2-1 Anfield win against Aston Villa.

He left the Reds in 1961 to join Cambridge before later representing Bury and Tranmere.

Known for his fearless style of play, Hickson, who in his latter years worked on guided stadium tours around Goodison Park, famously remarked: "I would have died for Everton, I would have broke every other bone in my body for any other club."

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