James Trickey (September 13, 1888[1] - December 4, 1913) was an American football player for the University of Iowa.

[3] In addition to schoolwork and football, Trickey "worked his way through the university ... by preaching in country churches.

[7] Prior to his senior year in 1912, Trickey announced that he would not play football, stating that he would spend his time on his studies.

Trickey was also selected as a first-team All-American by Alfred S. Harvey of the Milwaukee Free Press[10] At the conclusion of the 1912 football season, The Iowa Alumnus magazine wrote: "All hats are off to 'Jim' Trickey, a player who exhibited the highest type of loyalty for his Alma Mater when after seven successive seasons of hard buffeting on the gridiron he listened to the pleas of his friends and consented to make a big sacrifice for Old Iowa, when he took the time and energy from heavy school work and outside employment to play through this last season.

In 1912, the Waterloo Evening Courier noted:"With the selection of James Trickey of the 1912 Iowa football team as an All-Western tackle by Patterson of Collier's this week comes the story from Iowa Falls that the Trickey family will go down in history as one of this state's most remarkable families for the production of football players.

In what was described as "an unusual tribute," the flags on all of the college buildings at Iowa City were flown at half staff until after Trickey’s funeral.