Len Levy

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Len Levy
Leonard "Butch" Levy in his Navy uniform.jpg
Position (s):
Guard 		Jersey numbers:
35, 76
born on February 19, 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
died on February 9, 1999, ibid
Career information
Active : 1945 - 1948
NFL Draft : 1942 / Round: 4 / Pick: 27
College : University of Minnesota
Teams

Career statistics
Games     42
as a starter     25th
Touchdowns     1
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Leonard Bernard Levy , also Len Levy or Butch Levy (born February 19, 1921 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA ; † February 9, 1999 , ibid) was an American American football player and wrestler . He played as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the Cleveland Rams , the Los Angeles Rams and in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Los Angeles Dons .

youth

Len Levy was born in Minneapolis. His ancestors originally came from Lithuania and Russia . He attended high school in his hometown , where he stood out for his athletic ability. In addition to American football, he also worked as a wrestler . In 1937 and 1938 he won the heavyweight championships of Minnesota, as well as the championship in the Northwest Amateur Athletic Union . His school awarded him a total of 12 times for his athletic achievements.

Player career

College career

Len Levy studied from 1939 at the University of Minnesota , where he played as an offensive tackle and guard for the Minnesota Golden Gophers Football . In 1940 and 1941, the team remained unbeaten in eight games and then won the national NCAA championship together with the later member of the College Football Hall of Fame Dick Wildung . Levy was voted All American in those years . He took part in the College All-Star Game against the Chicago Bears in 1942 . His college recognized his athletic achievements with three awards. The college selection lost the game 21-0. He was also a wrestler in college. He won the United States National Heavyweight Championship in 1941 and the Northwest Amateur Athletic Union championship in 1942 . His college recognized his athletic achievements with three awards. Len Levy graduated with a successful degree in economics in 1942.

Professional career

Leonard Levy was drafted 27th in the fourth round in 1942 by the Cleveland Rams . The team supervised by Dutch Clark had to cease playing in 1943 due to the Second World War . Levy couldn't start his professional career. He served from then on in the United States Navy and learned this from Hamburg native Loretta Bellson , whom he still married during the war. Immediately after the war he joined the Rams and had there from now on as the task Guard quarterback Bob Waterfield to protect and its own running back the way into the opposing end zone to free block . With the help of Levy, Bob Waterfield was able to repeatedly stage wide receiver Jim Benton with passports. The Rams lost only one of ten games in the 1945 season and moved into the NFL final with this performance . In the final, the Washington Redskins were beaten by the Rams by 15:14. The Rams moved to Los Angeles the following year but were unsuccessful in the 1946 season . In 1947 Len Levy moved to the Los Angeles Dons, which were located in the NFL competitive league AAFC. After the 1948 season he ended his career there.

After a career as a wrestler

After his playing career, Butch Levy was a successful businessman in the insurance industry. He also worked as a professional wrestler in the NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club - American Wrestling Association and in 1959 won the NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version) twice with Verne Gagne and Leo Nomellini . Len Levy died in 1999 and is buried in the Temple Israel Memorial Park in Minneapolis.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Len Levy's College Awards ( October 22, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the Rams 1945
  3. ^ NFL endgame statistics 1945
personal data
SURNAME Levy, Len
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Levy, Leonard Bernard; Levy, Butch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1999
Place of death Minneapolis , Minnesota , USA