LOU LEFKOWITZ		Height:	5:11		Weight:	175			College:		CCNY’39
Louis l. Lefkowitz		Born:  Oct 19, 1917			Died:  Apr 2, 2011				Hometown:		New York, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1935-36	CCNY	College
1936-37	CCNY	College
1937-38	CCNY	College
1938-39	CCNY	College
1939-40	Wilkes- Barre–New York	ABL	14	11	11				33	2.4
1940-41	New York	ABL	1	0	0				0	0.0
1940-41	Brooklyn Dodgers	Indep
1942-46	U.S. Navy	Military
	Major League Totals		15	11	11				33	2.2

Harold “Hy” Lefft was a basketball star at Brooklyn Boys High School and played three years of varsity basketball at City College of New York. Left played professional basketball for three seasons for  the Brooklyn Jewish Center team. In 1934, Left retired from basketball to concentrate on his studies and went on to receive his medical degree at the University of Basel in 1936. Lefft  served as an army combat physician on Guadalcanal and  in New Guinea during  World War II

 

HY LEFFT		Height:	6:03		Weight:		180		College:		N.Y.U.’31
Dr. Harold Hyman Lefft		Born:  Mar 10, 1911			Died:  Jan 14, 1971				Hometown:		Brooklyn, NY
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1928-29	N.Y.U.	College
1929-30	N.Y.U.	College
1930-31	N.Y.U.	College
1931-32	Brooklyn Jewish Center	MBL	6	2	0				4	0.7
1932-33	Brooklyn Jewish Center	Indep
1933-34	Brooklyn Jewish Center	Indep
	Major League Totals		6	2	0				4	0.7

JOHNNY LEES		Height:	6:01		Weight:	175			College:		Lehigh’23
John Luther Lees		Born:  Aug 15, 1898			Died: Jul 27, 1997				Hometown:		Youngstown, Oh.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1919-20	Lehigh (Frosh)	College
1920-21	Lehigh	College
1921-22	Lehigh	College
1922-23	Lehigh	College
1923-24	Bethlehem	LVBL
Bethla	Warren Buckeyes	Indep
1925-26	Warren Buckeyes	Indep
1926-27	Warren–Youngstown	CBL	24	34	33				101	4.2
	Major League Totals		24	34	33				101	4.2

 

 

 

Roy Leenig was a star on the West New York Memorial High School basketball team that won the 1939 New Jersey State championship.  Leenig did not attend college, but but coached  St.Peter’s Prep to prominence in the early 1950s.  Leening guided St.Peter’s to  five straight New Jersey Parochial A Division championships from 1951 to 1955.   He was head basketball coach at  Holy  Cross College  from 1955 until 1961. In six years, he posted a 106-48 record. Leenig coached Tom Heinsohn who has been associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. After the 1960-61 season, in which Holy Cross finished with a 22-5 record, Leenig , at age 41,  resigned as coach siting  “personal reasons” and never coached again at any level.

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ROY LEENIG		Height:	6:01		Weight:	170			College:	None
Roy Henry. Leenig		Born:  Aug 22, 1920			Died: Nov 8, 1982				Hometown:	West NewYork, NJ
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League		GA	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1938-39		Indep
1939-40		Indep
1940-41	Passaic Kenyons	Indep
1940-41	New York McDonald’s	Indep
1940-41	Wallington Pioneers	Indep
1941-42	East Orange Setonians	Indep
1942-43	West New York McDonalds	Indep
1942-43	Passaic Neilleys	Indep
1943-44	West New York McDonalds	Indep
1944-45	renton	ABL	2	0	0				0	0.0
1944-45	Cliffside AC	Indep
1945-46	West New York McDonalds	Indep
1945-46	Wallington Pioneers	Indep
1946-47	Jersey City	ABL	36	157	89				403	11.2
1946-47	Passaic Kellys	Indep	2	12	4				38	19,0
1947-48	Jersey City-Union City-Scranton	ABL	22	49	23	48	.479		121	5.5
	Major League Totals		2	0	0				0	0.0

 

 

 

1945-46	Wellington Pioneers	Indep
1946-47	Jersey City	ABL	36	157	89				403	11.2
1947-48	Jersey City-Union City-Scranton	ABL	22	49	23	48	.479		121	5.5
	Major League Totals		2	0	0				0	0.0

Seward “Sew” Leeks was star athlete at Crissman High School in Independence, Missouri. He played football, basketball, baseball and was a member of the swim and track teams. Leeka had continued success at the the University of Iowa, but was declared ineligible prior to his senior year, along with twenty-two  other athletes, because of financial ad irregularities. Leeka transferred to Warrensburg State where he finished his college career. Leeka spent the next half dozen years playing 150 games or more a year touring with Olsons’s Terrible Swedes or the House of David,  Leeka spent the final year of pro basketball career playing for the Akron Firestones in the National Basketball League.

 

SEW LEEKA		Height:	6:01		Weight:		185		College:		Iowa’30 / Warrenburg STC’31
Seward Clough Leeka		Born:  Sep 15, 1907			Died:  Oct 11, 1985				Hometown:		Independence, Mo.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1927-28	I0wa (Frosh)	College
1928-29	I0wa	College
19129-30	I0wa	College
1930-31	Warrensburg STC	College
1931-32	Long Beach Elks	Indep
1932-33	Olson’s Terrible Swedes	Indep
1933-34	Minneapolis Oilers	AAU
1933-34	Minnapolis Dionin Electric	AAU
1933-34	House of David	Indep
1934-35	House of David	Indep
1935-36	Olson’s Terrible Swedes	Indep
1936-37	Olson’s Terrible Swedes	Indep
1937-38	Akron Firestone	NBL	9	9	4				22	2.4
	Major League Totals		9	9	4				22	2.4
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG
1937-38	Akron Firestone	NBL	1	0	0				0	0.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0				0	0.0

 

 

SEW LEEKA		Height:	6:01		Weight:		185		College:		Iowa’30 / Watrrenburg STC’31
Seward Clough Leeka		Born:  Sep 15, 1907			Died:  Oct 11, 1985				Hometown:		Independence, Mo.
			REGULAR SEASON RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG	y
1927-28	I0wa (Frosh)	College
1928-29	I0wa	College
19129-30	I0wa	College
1930-31	Warrensburg STC	College
1931-32	Long Beach Elks	Indep
1932-33	Olson’s Terrible Swedes	Indep
1933-34	Minneapolis Oilers	AAU
1933-34	Minnapolis Dionin Electric	AAU
1933-34	House of David	Indep
1934-35	House of David	Indep
1935-36	Olson’s Terrible Swedes	Indep
1936-37	Olson’s Terrible Swedes	Indep
1937-38	Akron Firestone	NBL	9	9
	Major League Totals		9	9
				PLAYOFF RECORD
Year	Team	League	GA	FGM	FTM	FTA	PCT.	AST	PTS	AVG	7
1937-38	Akron Firestone	NBL	1	0	0				0	0.0
	Major League Totals		1	0	0				0	0.0