STATISTICS & HISTORY
During his nineteen year pro career basketball career, Mike Smolick built a reputation a good shooter, an accurate passer and a well-respected teammate. He first came to prominence as the captain of the the Rockville Centre Wizards, one of the top independent teams in in the metropolitan New York City area. In the cozy Rockville Centre Club Auditorium on Long Island, the Wizards were nearly unbeatable from 1913 until 1917. In 1918, Smolick began a four-year stint with New York Celtics and played a prominent role in the Celtics’ transition from a good team to a great team. During the 1919-20 season, the Celtics lost just four of 69 games. During the final years of his career in the early twenties, Smolick still ranked among the best players in the New York State League.
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| MIKE SMOLICK | Height: | 5:09 | Weight: | 175 | College: | None | ||||
| Michael Smolick Jr. | Born: Jun 5, 1890 | Died: Dec 26, 1964 | Hometown: | New York, NY | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG |
| 1910-11 | Hudson | HRL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | |||
| 1911-12 | Brooklyn Trinity AA | Indep | ||||||||
| 1912-13 | LI Rockville Centre Wizards | Indep | ||||||||
| 1913-14 | Harrison | TSBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1913-14 | LI Rockville Centre Wizards | Indep | ||||||||
| 1914-15 | LI Rockville Centre Wizards | Indep | ||||||||
| 1914-15 | Cohoes | NYSL | 1 | 86 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | |||
| 1915-16 | Kingston–Stamford | IBL | 11 | 18 | 13 | 49 | 4.5 | |||
| 1916-17 | New York–Hoboken | IBL | 12 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 4.1 | |||
| 1917-18 | Ansonia/Bridgeport | CSL | 9 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 4.8 | |||
| 1918-19 | Orgiinal Celtics | Indep | ||||||||
| 1919-20 | New York Celtics | Indep | ||||||||
| 1919-20 | Albany | NYSL | 18 | 43 | 25 | 111 | 6.2 | |||
| 1919-20 | Ansonia | IBL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | |||
| 1919-20 | Turners Falls | IL | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6.5 | |||
| 1919-20 | New York Knickerbockers | Indep | ||||||||
| 1920-21 | Orgiinal Celtics | Indep | ||||||||
| 1920-21 | Schecnectady | NYSL | 32 | 64 | 98 | 98 | 3.1 | |||
| 1920-21 | Norwalk | ICL | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7.0 | |||
| 1920-21 | Easthampton–Turners Falls | IL | 11 | 28 | 30 | 86 | 7.8 | |||
| 1921-22 | Orgiinal Celtics | Indep | ||||||||
| 1921-22 | Schenectady–Amsterdam | NYSL | 30 | 57 | 82 | 196 | 6.5 | |||
| 1921-22 | Paterson | MBL | 11 | 18 | 43 | 79 | 7.2 | |||
| 1921-22 | Springfield | IL | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3.5 | |||
| 1922-23 | Amsterdam | NYSL | 35 | 38 | 120 | 196 | 5.6 | |||
| 1922-23 | Paterson–New York MacDowell | MBL | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 3.5 | |||
| 1923-24 | Mohawk | NYSL | 13 | 11 | 46 | 68 | 5.2 | |||
| 1923-24 | Brooklyn | Indep | ||||||||
| 1924025’1925-26 | Brooklyn | Indep | ||||||||
| 1926-27 | Brooklyn | Indep | ||||||||
| 1927-28 | Brooklyn St.Brendan Seniors | Indep | ||||||||
| 1928-29 | Brooklyn Bearcats | Indep | ||||||||
| Major League Totals | 200 | 324 | 532 | 1180 | 5.9 | |||||
| 1919-20 | Ansonia | IBL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| 1919-20 | Turners Falls | IL | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1919-20 | Orgiinal Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Newark Whirlwinds | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Stamford | Indep | |||||||||
| 1919-20 | Brooklyn Knights of St.Anthony | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | New York Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1920-21 | Schecnectady | NYSL | 32 | 64 | 98 | 226 | 7.1 | ||||
| 1920-21 | Norwalk | ICL | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7.0 | ||||
| 1920-21 | Easthampton–Turners Falls | IL | 11 | 28 | 30 | 86 | 7.8 | ||||
| 1921-22 | New York Celtics | Indep | |||||||||
| 1921-22 | Schenectady–Amsterdam | NYSL | 30 | 57 | 82 | 196 | 6.5 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Paterson | MBL | 11 | 18 | 43 | 79 | 7.2 | ||||
| 1921-22 | Springfield | IL | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3.5 | ||||
| 1922-23 | Amsterdam | NYSL | 35 | 38 | 120 | 196 | 5.6 | ||||
| 1922-23 | Paterson–New York MacDowell | MBL | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 3.5 | ||||
| 1923-24 | Mohawk | NYSL | 13 | 11 | 46 | 68 | 5.2 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 200 | 324 | 532 | 1180 | 5.9 | ||||||