James "Pappy" Ricks
James Louis Ricks was an American basketball player for the New York Rens. The entire team was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1963.
Ricks was born in Orange, New Jersey on January 21, 1900, the son of William and Amanda Ricks. He died of cancer in Brooklyn on February 8, 1941.
Ricks was one of the original members of the Rens. He would play with them from 1932 to 1936.