Professional Career
After college, Mike went on to a pro football career. He began his career with Cincinnati Reds in 1934, where he is uncredit by most sources for playing with the team. However he was signed by the team just prior to a game against the Chicago Cardinals. He split the 1935 season between three teams: the Boston Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It is not known the order of the teams he played for in 1935. Some records show that he made his start with the Pirates, but there is also a signed original copy of his contract with the Chicago Cardinals, which offered Sebastian $120 per game (see below); however, there are no existing statistics to prove that he played for Chicago.
In 1936 Sebastian played for the Passaic Red Devils of the minor league American Association. The following year Sebastian returned to the NFL with the Cleveland Rams. The Rams were a charter member of the second American Football League in 1936. Although the NFL granted membership in 1937 to the same owner, the NFL considers it a separate entity since only four of the players (William "Bud" Cooper, Harry "The Horse" Mattos, Stan Pincura, and Sebastian) and none of the team's management made the transfer to the Rams' NFL team. In 1937, Sebastian and Harry Newman were mainstays on the AFL's Rochester Tigers. In 1938, he served a player-coach for the St. Louis Gunners of the American Football League.
Mike's career ended due to knee and hip problems which not only ended his career, but would eventually end his life.
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