Nick Lalich (basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nick Lalich (basketball)

American basketball player and OSS/CIA agent

Date of Birth: 08-May-1916

Place of Birth: Lorain, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 11-May-2001

Profession: intelligence agent, basketball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Nikola Andrew "Nick" Lalich (May 8, 1916 – May 11, 2001) was a Serbian American professional basketball player.
He played for the Youngstown Bears in the National Basketball League (NBL) during the 1945–46 season.
He was a star college basketball player at Ohio University in the 1930s, where he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial arts.
Later, Lalich earned a master's degree from Columbia University in New York.
His younger brother, Pete Lalich, played four seasons in the NBL and one game in the BAA. Nick Lalich also served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS; predecessor of CIA) during World War II, helping to rescue and evacuate approximately 550 downed Allied fliers during Operation Halyard, without losing a single life or plane.
He later worked for the CIA in Greece from 1952 to 1957.