STATISTICS & HISTORY
Mike Michelotti was a star basketball player at Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York. York. Just out of high school, Michelotti joined the Long Island Imperials, a newly formed team in Astoria, that quickly became one of the most successful independent teams in the Metropolitan New York area. Michelotti was a valuable member of the 1937-38 Union City Reds who won the American Basketball League championship. In 1939, Michelotti joined the New York City Fire Department. In the spring of 1948, Michelotti was seriously injured in a firefight. He never fully recovered and died in March of 1950, at the age 41.
| MIKE MICHELOTTI | Height: | 6:02 | Weight: | 180 | College: | None | |||||
| Nicholas Rudolfo Michelotti | Born: | 1909 | Mar 12, 1950 | Hometown: | Long Island City, NY | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1928-29 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Long Island Imperials | Indep | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Honesdale | PSL | 4 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1931-32 | Long Island | MBL | 11 | 35 | 10 | 80 | 7.3 | ||||
| 1931-32 | Carbondale | PSL | 10 | 45 | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Long Island–Yonkers | MBL | 16 | 49 | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Wilkes- Barre | PSL | 17 | 59 | 23 | 141 | 8.3 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Bronx | ABL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Wilkes Barre-Carbondale | PSL | 10 | 25 | 11 | 61 | 6.1 | ||||
| 1933-34 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1934-35 | Freeland | PSL | 30 | 72 | 46 | 190 | 6.3 | ||||
| 1934-35 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1935-36 | New York | ABL | 24 | 48 | 19 | 115 | 4.8 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Jersey | ABL | 36 | 92 | 43 | 227 | 6.3 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Jersey | ABL | 40 | 95 | 38 | 228 | 5.7 | ||||
| 1938-39 | Jersey | ABL | Injured – Did Not Play | ||||||||
| 1939-40 | New York Firemen | Indep | |||||||||
| 1940-41 | New York Firemen | Indep | |||||||||
| 1941-42 | New York Firemen | Indep | |||||||||
| 1945-36 | Long Island Pro-Imps | Indep | |||||||||
| 1946-47 | Long Island | NYNJ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | # | |||
| Major League Totals | 129 | 320 | 126 | 766 | 5.9 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1930-31 | Honesdale | PSL | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 5.2 | ||||
| 1931-32 | Carbondale | PSL | 5 | 15 | 7 | 37 | 7.4 | ||||
| 1932-33 | Wilkes Barre | PSL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1934-35 | Freeland | PSL | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7.5 | ||||
| 1936-37 | Jersey | ABL | 7 | 21 | 13 | 55 | 7.9 | ||||
| 1937-38 | Jersey | ABL | 6 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 5.5 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 13 | 31 | 26 | 88 | 6.8 | ||||||