Post Career
On 24 November 2007, Hickson suffered a suspected heart attack just before Everton kicked off their home game, a 7-1 victory over Sunderland A.F.C. Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright aborted plans to watch the game after travelling up from London and he rode in an ambulance with close friend Hickson to the local hospital. When he was asked by nursing staff whether he expected to be playing in that fixture, he replied "only in the last ten minutes".
On October 30, 2009 Hickson discharged himself from hospital after two operations on his leg in the previous week to attend what he thought was an 80th Birthday Dinner at Club Everton with 20 or 30 of his close family and old time ex-colleagues. However the surprise event was packed out with almost 250 blues and he was in fine form satisfying all autograph and photograph demands from the enthralled audience. Hickson was presented with a specially commissioned painting of the him in his prime as "The Cannonball Kid" by Everton Life President Sir Philip Carter.
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