Hickey first came to prominence in 1961 with the Final League selection in the
Dublin County Championship and was full-back on that year's Dublin junior team. Shortly after this he was named full-back on the Dublin senior team for an
O'Byrne Cup game against
Longford. Hickey won back-to-back
Leinster Championship medals in 1962 and 1963, and was in the Dublin inter-county side that won the
1963 All-Ireland final against
Galway. ==Honours==