a half-back, hiskins started his career in the ovens & murray football league, with rutherglen in 1930. he joined essendon in the 1934 vfl season and made 13 appearances that year. after playing for essendon in the opening three rounds of the 1935 season, hiskins returned to rutherglen. hiskins was coach of their 1935 premiership team, which defeated border united in the grand final he steered them to another grand final in 1936, but this time they finished on the losing team, unable to defeat wangaratta.