Red Mihalik

Red Mihalik

Personal information
Born	(1916-09-22)September 22, 1916 Ford City, Pennsylvania
Died
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 (NBL)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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.

External links

• Basketball Hall of Fame profile
• National Polish-American Hall of Fame profile

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