Andrew Levane

Andrew Joseph "Fuzzy" Levane (April 11, 1920 – April 30, 2012) was an American professional 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.

Andrew Levane

Personal information
Born	(1920-04-11)April 11, 1920 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	April 30, 2012(2012-04-30) (aged 92)
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
1952–1953	Milwaukee Hawks
As coach:
1952–1954	Milwaukee Hawks
1958–1960	New York Knicks
1961–1962	St. Louis Hawks
Career highlights and awards
NBL champion (1946) Haggerty Award winner (1943)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

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, a.k.a. 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 to 1970.^[1]

In 1992 his legacy was honored by the basketball family of New York City with his induction into the newly formed New York City Basketball of Fame^[2]

Andrew Levane died April 30, 2012, of heart failure, at the age of 92.^[3]