Career
Hackney was an 11th-round selection (92nd overall pick) by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1940 NFL Draft out of Kansas State University. Hackney played seven seasons for the Eagles (1940), the Pittsburgh Steelers (1941), and the Detroit Lions (1942–1946). He was known as the "One Manitoba Gang" and as "Iron Manitoba".
He set an American record of 55 feet, 11 inches, and qualified for the 1940 United States. Olympic Team, but the Games were cancelled because of World World War World War II