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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1894-11-22)November 22, 1894 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 8, 1980(1980-10-08) (aged 85) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1912–1916 | Wisconsin |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1920–1922 | Indiana |
| Baseball | |
| 1921–1922 | Indiana |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–16 (basketball) 11–17 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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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-timeAll-American as a player while atWisconsin from 1912–13 to 1915–16, and was also theHelms Foundation National Player of the Year as asenior in 1915–16. A native ofMadison, Wisconsin, Levis decided to stay in his hometown for college, and while enrolled he also played on the school's baseball team.
Levis played theforward position and helped lead the Badgers to a 20–1 overall record and theBig 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 atIndiana. 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 inIllinois. It was at Illinois Glass Company where Levis was instrumental in helping to design the glass backboard, the predecessor to theplexi-glass backboards used in basketball today.
Levis also coached baseball at Indiana University during the 1920, 1921 and 1922 seasons.
Levis was born inMadison, Wisconsin. He died on October 8, 1980, at Columbia Hospital inMilwaukee.[1]
| 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: | 25–16 | ||||||||
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