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| Born | (1912-11-23)November 23, 1912 Bellaire, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | April 4, 2002(2002-04-04) (aged 54) Skokie, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Bellaire (Bellaire, Ohio) | ||||||
| College | Duquesne | ||||||
| NFL draft | 1937: 1st round, 5th overall pick | ||||||
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Michael J. Basrak (November 23, 1912 – December 18, 1973) was an American professionalfootball player for thePittsburgh Pirates of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theDuquesne Dukes, earning consensusAll-American honors in 1936. The school's first All-American selection, he was theMost Valuable Player of the 1937Orange Bowl game inMiami, in which Duquesne defeatedMississippi State University, 13–12. Later in the year, Basrak was selected by Pirates (later known as the Steelers) in the first round of the1937 NFL draft with the fifth overall pick. Pittsburgh Pirates.[1] However, Basrak only played two seasons in the NFL, retiring after the 1938 season. He played his high school football at Bellaire.
Basrak was an officer in the United States Navy during the Second World War. In later life Basrak served as football coach atNiles East High School (1954–62) and thenNiles West High School (1963–73), both inSkokie, Illinois, a suburb north ofChicago.
Basrak died at home in Skokie on December 18, 1973, aged 61.[2] After his death, the Niles West football field was named Mike Basrak Field in his honor. He was posthumously inducted into the Bellaire High School Hall of Fame.
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