Dick Ricketts

Richard James Ricketts, Jr. was an American professional basketball and baseball player. Ricketts was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1955 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks out of Duquesne University. Ricketts played professional basketball and baseball simultaneously and retired from basketball to play baseball. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and had a 10-season pitching career. He is one of 13 athletes to play in both the NBA and MLB.

4 December 1933

Born on the same birth date (4 December 1933): Horst Buchholz • Wink Martindale

Born on the same birth day (4 December): Betty Lennox • Carlos Gómez • Chinx • Chris Hillman • Ely Jacques Kahn Jr. • Heinrich Meibom (poet) • Jeff Bridges • Joe Corbett • Katharine Susannah Prichard • Liu Bocheng • Marco Giambruno • Morten Veland • Nadir Afonso • Nixon Kiprotich • Reality Winner • Rick Middleton • Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche • Tyra Banks

Born in the same month (December 1933): Ashleigh Brilliant • Bapu (director) • Donald Kutyna • Horst Buchholz • John Y. Brown Jr. • Johnny Green (basketball) • Krsto Papić • Mike Larrabee • Olavi Salonen • Paul Bracq • Philip R. Craig • Rik Van Looy • Samuel Brittan • Violette Verdy • Wink Martindale