Novickis rose to fame as a great footballing talent at the aged of 15 when he worked as a paper-boy at a publishing company.
In total Novickis played 9 international matches for Latvia national football team between 1929 and 1931.
[2] Just as quickly as Novickis' star had risen in Latvian football, he fell.
After a 0–6 loss to Sweden in a friendly match on 26 July 1931 Novickis along with several other Latvian internationals made a bad public appearance under alcohol on the way back to Riga and as a result of it Novickis and Alberts Tauriņš were disqualified by the Latvian Football Federation for a year.
[3] In the autumn of 1931 Novickis joined the army and on 3 November he committed suicide by shooting himself.