Ben Hickey

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ben Hickey

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Birmingham, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1993–1996

| youthclubs1 = St. John's Red Storm

| years1 = 1997

| clubs1 = Connecticut Wolves

| caps1 = 25

| goals1 = 9

| years2 = 1998

| clubs2 = Long Island Rough Riders

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1999

| clubs3 = North Jersey Imperials

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 7

| years4 = 2002–2003

| clubs4 = New York Freedom

| caps4 = 20

| goals4 = 6

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Ben Hickey is an English retired football midfielder who played professionally in the USL A-League.

Hickey attended St. John's University where he was a 1995 First Team All American and 1996 Second Team soccer player.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1995 |title=1995 All Americans |access-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614222034/http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1995 |archive-date=14 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1996 |title=1996 All Americans |access-date=14 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115151821/http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1996 |archive-date=15 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/m-soccer-success.pdf |title=St. John's soccer |access-date=14 June 2011 |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112191634/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stjo/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/m-soccer-success.pdf |url-status=dead }} His senior season, the Red Storm won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

In February 1997, the Connecticut Wolves selected Hickey in the first round (twenty-third overall) of the USISL draft.[http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/draft/54228.html 1997 Draft List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175740/http://aleague.uslsoccer.com/draft/54228.html |date=17 July 2011 }} He played the 1997 season with the Wolves, then moved to the Long Island Rough Riders for the 1998 season. In 1999, he played for the North Jersey Imperials.IMPERIALS COMING ON STRONG The Record (New Jersey) - Tuesday, 29 June 1999 In 2002 and 2003, he played for the New York Freedom. He has now settled in California with his beautiful wife, Latika Hickey and three loving daughters, Ayanna, Shaelyn, and Grace.