Jim Picken | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 7, 1903 East Liverpool, Ohio |
| Died |
April 2, 1975 (aged 71) Moorestown, New Jersey |
| Nationality | American |
James Edison Picken (August 7, 1903 – April 2, 1975) was an early American professional basketball and minor league baseball player.[1][2] He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio but grew up in Collingswood, New Jersey.[2] Picken's basketball career during the 1920s and 1930s saw him spend time in the original American Basketball League, the Eastern Basketball League, and the Metropolitan Basketball League.[2][3] His younger brother, Eddie Picken, was also a professional basketball player.[4][5]
Picken attended Collingswood High School and then Dartmouth College, where he lettered in football, soccer, basketball, and baseball.[2] Immediately after college he played for the Easton Farmers in the Eastern Shore League during the 1927 season, but quit after one year.[2] He had only managed a .196 batting average in 51 at bats,[1] so he decided to focus on playing professional basketball as well as becoming a schoolteacher.[2] Over the years he coached high school football, basketball, and baseball at various high schools in New York and New Jersey.[2] While coaching Audubon High School's football team, he won three conference championships in nine years.[2]
A resident of Moorestown, New Jersey,[6] Picken died there on April 2, 1975.[2]
References[]
- General
- Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, New Jersey), April 4, 1975. Retrieved on August 8, 2019.
- The Record (Troy, New York), April 9, 1975. Retrieved on August 8, 2019.
- Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "James Picken minor league stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=picken003jam. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Jim Picken". Peach Basket Society. December 14, 2017. https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2017/12/jim-picken.html. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ↑ "Jim Picken". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jim-picken/. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ↑ "1931–32 Camden roster". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/team-standings-by-year/?y=1931-1932&t=Camden. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Eddie Picken". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/eddie-picken/. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
- ↑ Frambes, Doug. "Jimmy Picken, Ex-Star and Coach, Back in S.J. to Stay", Courier-Post, October 20, 1971. Accessed August 9, 2019. "Living in happy retirement in a beautiful new home in colonial Moorestown is a gentleman who belies the immortal words of author Thomas Wolfe."
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