Rupe Hiskins

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Rupe Hiskins

| image =

| fullname = Rupert Ernest Hiskins

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|10|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rutherglen, Victoria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|3|9|1893|10|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital

| originalteam = Rutherglen Football Club

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 88 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1924

| years1 = 1920–1924

| club1 = Carlton

| games_goals1 = 74 (9)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Rupert Ernest "Rupe" Hiskins (29 October 1893 – 9 March 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Hiskins, one of 14 siblings, had three elder brothers that played in the VFL, Arthur, Fred and Stan.{{cite web|url=http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Rupe+Hiskins| title=Rupe Hiskins| publisher=Blueseum}}

He served with the Light Horse Brigade during the First World War.{{cite web|url=http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war_embarkation/person.asp?p=60969| title=First World War Embarkation Roll - Rupert Ernest Hiskins| publisher=Australian War Memorial}} {{cite web |title=1921 - Some Shining Stars in the Firmament of Victorian Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242499294 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Herald |access-date=26 December 2020 |pages=5 |date=11 June 1921}}

Already 26 by the time he debuted in 1920, Hiskins played five seasons at Carlton, usually in the ruck, resting on the half back flank and wing.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/R/Rupe_Hiskins.html AFL Tables: Rupe Hiskins]{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} He played in the 1921 VFL Grand Final, which Carlton lost by four points.

Hiskins was a member of Brunswick's 1925 VFA premiership team.