Red Mihalik

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.

Red Mihalik
Personal information
Born(1916-09-22)September 22, 1916
Ford City, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 25, 1996(1996-10-25) (aged 80)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolFord City (Ford City, Pennsylvania)
PositionGuard
Number6
Career history
1946Pittsburgh Ironmen
1946–1947Youngstown Bears
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame

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


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