Pete Lalich
Personal information | |
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Born | Lorain, Ohio | June 23, 1920
Died | February 1, 2008 St. Petersburg, Florida | (aged 87)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | East Technical (Cleveland, Ohio) |
College | Ohio (1939–1942) |
Playing career | 1942–1946 |
Position | Forward / center |
Career history | |
1942–1943 | Sheboygan Red Skins |
1943–1944 | Cleveland Brass |
1944–1945 | Pittsburgh Raiders |
1945–1946 | Youngstown Bears |
1946 | Cleveland Rebels |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Peter Todd Lalich (June 23, 1920 – February 1, 2008) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (now known as the National Basketball Association).[1][2]
High school career
[edit]Lalich played basketball for East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio, where he captained a championship team in 1938.[3]
College career
[edit]A multi-sport athlete, Lalich played basketball and baseball at Ohio University. Playing the center position,[4] he was a four-year starter for the basketball team.[5] In 1987 he was inducted into the Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]
Professional career
[edit]Lalich played professionally in the National Basketball League with the Sheboygan Redskins, the Cleveland Chase Brassmen, the Pittsburgh Raiders and the Youngstown Bears.[7] In 1946, Lalich joined the Cleveland Rebels. He appeared in one game for the team in the Basketball Association of America where he attempted one field goal and was credited with one personal foul.[8]
Later life
[edit]Following his basketball career, Lalich worked for 35 years for Western & Southern Life Insurance Company, retiring in 1980 as divisional vice-president of sales.[5]
Personal
[edit]He was the son of Serbian immigrants and his older brother, Nick Lalich, was also a professional basketball player for the 1945–46 Youngstown Bears in the NBL and was the leader of the OSS team that rescued about 550 downed air crews during World War II Operation Halyard, without losing a single life or a single plane.[9]
BAA career statistics
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GP | Games played | ||||
FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
APG | Assists per game | ||||
PPG | Points per game |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
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1946–47 | Cleveland | 1 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 1 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pete Lalich". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ Carlos Frias (May 20, 1998). "A basketball pro from a simpler time". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Classy Ball-Handler is Pete Lalich; And a great player!". The Sheboygan Press. November 17, 1942. p. 26. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ Pat Yasinskas (April 6, 1992). "NIT once was the big game for basketball". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ a b Walter Riddle (March 14, 1988). "Lalich's name is synonymous with Ohio University". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "OHIOBOBCATS.COM - Ohio Official Athletic Site - Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 19, 2014.
- ^ Stephanie Hayes (February 8, 2008). "He played pro basketball when it was a second job". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Pete Lalich Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards". Archived from the original on September 25, 2012.
- ^ "Nick A. Lalich, 85, leader of OSS team that rescued downed air crews in WWII". The Baltimore Sun. May 15, 2001. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- 1920 births
- 2008 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- American people of Serbian descent
- Cleveland Chase Brassmen players
- Cleveland Rebels players
- Forwards (basketball)
- Ohio Bobcats baseball players
- Ohio Bobcats men's basketball players
- Pittsburgh Raiders players
- Sheboygan Red Skins players
- Youngstown Bears players
- People from Lorain, Ohio
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs