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Jim Picken
Personal information
Born	(1903-08-07)August 7, 1903 East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1975(1975-04-02) (aged 71) Moorestown, New Jersey, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Collingswood (Collingswood, New Jersey)
College	Dartmouth (1924–1927)
Position	Forward
Career history
As player:
1927–1928	Albany Senators
1927–1929	Hudson
1928–1929	Paterson Whirlwinds
1928–1930	Bristol Endees
1931–1932	Bridgeton Moose
1932–1933	Paterson Continentals
1932–1933	Bridgeton Gems
1932–1933	Philadelphia WPEN
1933–1934	Camden Brewers
1934–1935	Camden
1937–1938	Elizabeth
As coach:
1927–1931	Troy HS
1931–1940	Audubon HS
1941–19??	Clifford Scott HS

Career highlights and awards
As player: First-team All-EIBL (1927)

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

^ ^a ^b "James Picken minor league stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Jim Picken". Peach Basket Society. December 14, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ "Jim Picken". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ "1931–32 Camden roster". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "Eddie Picken". Pro Basketball Encyclopedia. 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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