Larry Mialik is an American athlete, who played tight end in the National Football League (NFL) from 1972 through 1976.
He also sailed as a member of the crew aboard America³, winner of the America's Cup in 1992.
[2] Mialik played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a 1st team All Big Ten selection as a tight end as well as an Associated Press honorable mention All-American.
[3] He would go on to participate in four America's Cup campaigns, including serving as a member of the winning crew with America³ in 1992.
In the victorious 1992 effort, Mialik worked as a "grinder," operating the heavy winches which control the jib and spinnaker, the two forward sails.