Red Mihalik
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 22, 1916 Ford City, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 25, 1996 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Ford City (Ford City, Pennsylvania) |
| Position | Guard |
| Number | 6 |
| Career history | |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Ironmen |
| 1946–1947 | Youngstown Bears |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Zigmund John "Red" Mihalik (September 22, 1916 – September 25, 1996) was an American basketball player and referee of Polish descent. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986.
He was born 30 miles north of Pittsburgh in Ford City, Pennsylvania, and took up refereeing when officials for a high school game failed to show up. During the 1940s, the 6'1" Mihalik played professionally for the Pittsburgh Ironmen of the Basketball Association of America and the Youngstown Bears of the National Basketball League. He then embarked upon a long officiating career, working games for the NBA, NCAA, Summer Olympics. Mihalik was deemed the best official of the game on all levels in the 1950s by Dell Publications. He was widely considered just that until an on-court knee injury forced him into retirement in 1972. Mihalik was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.[1]
BAA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | ||||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
| FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
| APG | Assists per game | ||||
| PPG | Points per game | ||||
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–47 | Pittsburgh | 7 | .333 | .000 | .0 | .9 |
| Career | 7 | .333 | .000 | .0 | .9 | |
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Basketball Hall of Fame profile
- National Polish-American Hall of Fame profile
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- 1916 births
- 1996 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- American people of Polish descent
- Basketball players from Pennsylvania
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- National Basketball Association referees
- People from Ford City, Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Ironmen players
- Youngstown Bears players
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs