Andrew Levane

Andrew Levane

Personal information
Born	(1920-04-11)April 11, 1920 Brooklyn, New York
Died
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	James Madison (Brooklyn, New York)
College	St. John's (1940–1943)
Playing career	1945–1953
Position	Small forward / Shooting guard
Number	13, 14, 3
Career history
As player:
1945–1949	Rochester Royals
1949–1950	Syracuse Nationals
1951–1952	Elmira Colonels (ABL)
1952–1953	Milwaukee Hawks
As coach:
1952–1954	Milwaukee Hawks
1958–1960	New York Knicks
1961–1962	St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
Haggerty Award (1943)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Andrew Joseph "Fuzzy" Levane (April 11, 1920 – April 30, 2012) was a basketball player and coach. A 6'2" guard, he played collegiately at St. John's University. He spent three years in the NBA and its predecessor league, the Basketball Association of America, playing for the Rochester Royals, the Syracuse Nationals and the Milwaukee Hawks. In his final year with the Hawks he was a player-coach.

Levane coached the Hawks for one additional season, then coached the New York Knickerbockers. He returned to the Hawks, now playing in St. Louis, for a final season in 1962.

Levane's son, Neil, aka Fuzzy, was a basketball star at Great Neck South high school on Long Island, New York from 1963 to 1967. Following his senior season, he was listed as a fifth-team Parade Magazine All-American. After playing for a year on the freshmen team at the University of Houston, he transferred to St. John's University in Queens where he played from 1968-70.{

Andrew Levane died April 30, 2012, of heart failure, at the age of 92.

External links

• BasketballReference.com: Andrew Levane (as coach)
• BasketballReference.com: Andrew Levane (as player)