sport.wikisort.org - AthleteGeorge Wynden Levis (November 22, 1894 – October 8, 1980) was an American college basketball player and coach during the 1910s and 1920s, respectively. He was a two-time All-American as a player while at Wisconsin from 1912–13 to 1915–16, and was also the Helms Foundation National Player of the Year as a senior in 1915–16. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, Levis decided to stay in his hometown for college, and while enrolled he also played on the school's baseball team.
For the French adult comic artist, see Georges Lévis.
George Levis Levis from The Arbutus 1922 |
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Born | (1894-11-22)November 22, 1894 Madison, Wisconsin |
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Died | October 8, 1980(1980-10-08) (aged 85) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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1912–1916 | Wisconsin |
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Position(s) | Forward |
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1920–1922 | Indiana |
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1921–1922 | Indiana |
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Overall | 25–16 (basketball) 11–17 (baseball) |
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- As a player
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- As a player
- 2× NCAA All-American
- Helms National Player of the Year (1916)
- 2× First Team All-Conference
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Levis played the forward position and helped lead the Badgers to a 20–1 overall record and the Big Ten Conference championship in 1915–16, and that season would also see them retroactively declared as national champions by the Helms Foundation. Levis also led the conference in scoring as a senior: in 12 Big Ten contests he scored 109 points, which was unusual for an era of basketball in which low-scoring games were standard.
Levis was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1916. In 1920, Levis became the head basketball coach at Indiana. He spent two seasons guiding the Hoosiers and compiled an overall record of 25–16, including a 9–12 record in conference play. He was set to start his third season as coach in 1922–23 but resigned during the preseason in order to work at his family's glass company in Illinois. It was at Illinois Glass Company where Levis was instrumental in helping to design the glass backboard, the predecessor to the plexi-glass backboards used in basketball today.
Levis also coached baseball at Indiana University during the 1920, 1921 and 1922 seasons.
Levis was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He died on October 8, 1980, at Columbia Hospital in Milwaukee.[1]
Head coaching record
Basketball
Statistics overview
Season |
Team |
Overall |
Conference |
Standing |
Postseason
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Indiana Hoosiers (Big Ten Conference) (1920–1922)
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1920–21 |
Indiana
| 15–6 | 6–5 | 6th |
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1921–22 |
Indiana
| 10–10 | 3–7 | 9th |
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Indiana: |
25–16 | 9–12 |
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Total: | 25–16 | |
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Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball head coaches |
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# denotes interim head coach
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Indiana Hoosiers head baseball coaches |
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- No coach (1895–1898)
- James H. Horne (1899–1900)
- Bob Wicker (1901)
- George Moore (1902)
- Philip O'Neil (1903–1904)
- Zora G. Clevenger (1905–1906)
- Jake Stahl (1907)
- Bob Wicker (1908)
- Skel Roach (1909–1911)
- John Corbett (1912)
- Arthur Berndt (1913–1915)
- Frederick Beebe (1916)
- Roy Whisman (1917)
- Guy L. Rathbun (1918)
- Harry Scholler (1919–1920)
- George Levis (1921–1922)
- Roscoe Minton (1923–1924)
- Everett Dean (1925–1938)
- Paul Harrell (1939–1947)
- Donald Danielson (1948)
- Ernie Andres (1949–1973)
- Bob Lawrence (1974–1980)
- Larry Smith (1981–1983)
- Bob Morgan (1984–2005)
- Tracy Smith (2006–2014)
- Chris Lemonis (2015–2018)
- Jeff Mercer (2019– )
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Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year |
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1915 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans |
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1916 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans |
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