For the French adult comic artist, see Georges Lévis.
George 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.
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.
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george, levis, french, adult, comic, artist, georges, lévis, george, wynden, levis, november, 1894, october, 1980, american, college, basketball, player, coach, during, 1910s, 1920s, respectively, time, american, player, while, wisconsin, from, 1912, 1915, als. For the French adult comic artist see Georges Levis George 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 George LevisLevis from The Arbutus 1922Biographical detailsBorn 1894 11 22 November 22 1894Madison Wisconsin U S DiedOctober 8 1980 1980 10 08 aged 85 Milwaukee Wisconsin U S Playing careerBasketball1912 1916WisconsinPosition s ForwardCoaching career HC unless noted Basketball1920 1922IndianaBaseball1921 1922IndianaHead coaching recordOverall25 16 basketball 11 17 baseball Accomplishments and honorsChampionshipsAs a player Helms National 1916 AwardsAs a player 2 NCAA All American Helms National Player of the Year 1916 2 First Team All Conference 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 Contents 1 Head coaching record 1 1 Basketball 2 References 2 1 Additional sources 3 External linksHead coaching record editBasketball edit Statistics overview Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Indiana Hoosiers Big Ten Conference 1920 1922 1920 21 Indiana 15 6 6 5 6th 1921 22 Indiana 10 10 3 7 9th Indiana 25 16 9 12 Total 25 16References edit Former UW cager star George W Levis dies Wisconsin State Journal Madison Wisconsin October 10 1980 p 18 Retrieved April 30 2020 via Newspapers com nbsp Additional sources edit Hiner Jason 2005 Indiana University Basketball Encyclopedia Champaign IL Spprts Publishing L L C pp 169 173 ISBN 1 58261 655 8 james kase indiana Anderson Dave 2006 University of Wisconsin Basketball Charleston SC Arcadia Publishing p 19 ISBN 0 7385 4121 4 Kopriva Don Mott Jim 1998 On Wisconsin The History of Badger Athletics United States Sports Publishing Inc p 33 ISBN 1 57167 038 6 George Levis BasketballHistorian com 2010 Retrieved December 5 2010 External links editGeorge Levis at Find a Grave Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Levis amp oldid 1200737582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
