[2] Wasicek was selected as a first-team tackle on the 1935 Liberty Magazine All-American team, as voted in a poll of 1521 varsity players in all parts of the country.

Wasicek next signed to play for a highly regarded semi-pro team in Danbury, Connecticut, while working as a hat salesman.

In November 1937, he married Faith Clifford, while working as a history teacher and football coach at the high school in Caledonia, New York.

[1] In four years coaching at Hornell, Wasicek's football teams lost only five games and either won or tied for the county championship three times.

During World War II, Wasicek served as a battery officer and helped train gun crews in Norfolk, Virginia.