Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Rickey began his professional career in the 1911–12 season with the Saskatoon Wholesalers of the Saskatchewan Professional League.

He also played in the 1919 Stanley Cup Finals with the Metropolitans, but the series against the Montreal Canadiens was cancelled at 2-2 because of the Spanish flu.

Rickey himself was at the Providence Hospital in Seattle with a high fever.

In 1925, his contract was sold by the Eskimos to the New York Americans, but he did not join the team.

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