Career
He played as a defender. Hetzke broke the record for the youngest player to appear in a competitive match for, aged 16 years and 191 days. He also scored the first goal of the 1980/81 season, when a League Cup match at Northampton was brought forward to the Friday and he put ahead after seven minutes.
He later received a testimonial match after leaving for in July 1982 for a £12,500 fee, which was settled by a tribunal.
He made his debut for in the opening league game of the 1982-1983 campaign, a 2–1 defeat at Mansfield Town on August 28, 1982. He went on to make a further 42 league appearances that season, scoring twice.
He appeared in all but one of "s 46 league games in 1983-1984, scoring seven goals. Two of these were game-winning penalties in single-goal victories – firstly against Torquay United at Bloomfield Road on December 17, 1983, and then ten days later against Hartlepool United at the same venue.
In 1984-1985, Hetzke, who by now was the club"s captain, made 30 league appearances and scored five goals, including both goals in a 2–0 victory at Torquay United on December 15, 1984.
Hetzke"s final season at, 1985-1986, saw him make 23 league appearances and score four goals. His final appearance for the club occurred on February 22, 1986, in a single-goal defeat at Cardiff City. In March 1986 Hetzke joined Sunderland, although after relegation to Division Three in 1986-1987 he moved on to Chester City.
He made his Chester debut in a 5–0 home defeat to Northampton Town at the start of 1987-1988 and added just thirteen more league appearances before joining Colchester United in a £10,000 transfer in February 1988.
Hetzke finished his league career at the Layer Road club at the end of the 1988-1989 season.