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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 February 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Stratford-on-Avon, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
19??–1977 | Stratford Town | ||
1977–1978 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
1978–1991 | Reading | 500 | (23) |
1991–1993 | Birmingham City | 60 | (1) |
1993–1995 | Newbury Town | ||
Managerial career | |||
1993–1995 | Newbury Town (player-manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Martin Hicks (born 27 February 1957) is a former footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Reading and Birmingham City. He made 500 League appearances for Reading. [2]
Hicks holds the record for the highest number of first team appearances by a Reading player, making a total of 603 first team appearances.
In a 2005 fans' vote to compile Reading's best-ever eleven, Hicks was voted on the team as one of the centre backs. [3]
Between March and August 1979, Hicks was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester United. [4]
After leaving Reading he joined Birmingham City, and was their Player of the Year for 1992. [5]