STATISTICS & HISTORY
Frank Shimek was a multi-sport star at Iowa City High School. He was named to the all-state basketball in his senior year. He attended the University of Iowa where he became a starter in his sophomore year and was captain of the team as a senior. Shimek played semi-professional basketball for two years in Iowa before he signed in 1924 with the Fort Wayne Knights of Columbus team, a mid-west independent basketball powerhouse. In 1925, Fort Wayne joined the new American Basketball League. Over the next six seasons in Fort Wayne, Shimek established himself as one of the best guards in the ABL and twice finished among the top-ten scorers.
| FRANK SHIMEK | Height: | 5:10 | Weight: | 155 | College: | Iowa’22 | ||||
| Francis Joseph Shimek | Born: Jun 17, 1900 | Died: May 10, 1991 | Hometown: | Iowa City, Ia. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG |
| 1918-19 | Iowa (Frosh) | College | ||||||||
| 1919-20 | Iowa | College | ||||||||
| 1920-21 | Iowa | College | ||||||||
| 1921-22 | Iowa | College | ||||||||
| 1922-23 | Muscatine (Ia) Muskies | Indep | ||||||||
| 1923-24 | Muscatine (Ia) Muskies | Indep | ||||||||
| 1924-25 | Fort Wayne Caseys | Indep | ||||||||
| 1925-26 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 28 | 55 | 52 | 162 | 5.8 | |||
| 1926-27 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 31 | 50 | 90 | 190 | 6.1 | |||
| 1927-28 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 49 | 123 | 63 | Fort Wayn309 | 6.3 | |||
| 1928-29 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 26 | 18 | 31 | 67 | 2.6 | |||
| 1929-30 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 41 | 59 | 38 | 156 | 3.8 | |||
| 1930-31 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 39 | 81 | 56 | 218 | 5.6 | |||
| 1931-32 | Toledo Red Man Tobaccos | Indep | ||||||||
| 1932-33 | Fort Wayne | NPBL | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 6.0 | |||
| 1933-34 | Babe Didrikson All-Americans | Indep | ||||||||
| 1934-35 | Boston | ABL | 12 | 21 | 31 | 73 | 6.1 | |||
| 1934-35 | Kingston | NYSL | 19 | 56 | 51 | 163 | 8.6 | |||
| 1935-36 | Kingston | ABL | 37 | 63 | 46 | 172 | 4.6 | |||
| Major League Totals | 266 | 473 | 419 | 1365 | 5.1 | |||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG |
| 1927-28 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 6 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 4.8 | |||
| 1928-29 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | |||
| 1930-31 | Fort Wayne | ABL | 6 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 5.3 | |||
| 1934-35 | Kingston | NYSL | 3 | 14 | 5 | 33 | 11.0 | |||
| Major League Totals | 15 | 27 | 18 | 72 | 4.8 | |||||