Career
Active between 1928 and 1947, Bicknell made over 450 appearances in the Football League. Bicknell began his early career in non-league football, playing for teams such as New Tupton Ivanhoe, among others He began his Football League career in October 1927 with Chesterfield, where he made 79 appearances between 1928 and 1930.
He went onto play for Bradford City and West Ham United.
Bicknell left West Ham in 1947 to become manager of Bedford Town.