Andrew Levane

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Andrew Joseph (Fuzzy) Levane (born April 11, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former 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.

The original Fuzzy's son, Neil, aka Fuzzy, was a basketball star at Great Neck South high school on Long Island, New York from 1963-67. 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.

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Preceded by Doxie Moore	Milwaukee Hawks Head Coach 1952–1954	Succeeded by Red Holzman
Preceded by Vince Boryla	New York Knicks Head Coach 1958–1960	Succeeded by Carl Braun
Preceded by Paul Seymour	St. Louis Hawks Head Coach 1961–1962	Succeeded by Bob Pettit

v • d • e Tri-Cities Blackhawks/Milwaukee/St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta, Georgia

The Franchise	Franchise • All-Time roster • Seasons • Current season

Arenas	Wharton Field House • Milwaukee Arena • Kiel Auditorium • Alexander Memorial Coliseum • Omni Coliseum • Georgia Dome • Philips Arena

Head Coaches	Potter • Auerbach • McMillan • Logan • Todorovich • Moore • Levane • Holzman • Martin • Hannum • Phillip • Macauley • Seymour • Levane • Pettit • Gallatin • Guerin • Fitzsimmons • Tormohlen • Brown • Fratello • Loughery • Fratello • Weiss • Wilkens • Kruger • Stotts • Woodson

NBA Finals Champion	1958

v • d • e New York Knickerbockers

New York City, New York

The Franchise	Franchise • All-Time roster • Seasons • Current season

Arenas	Madison Square Garden III • 69th Regiment Armory • Madison Square Garden IV

Coaches	Cohalan • Lapchick • Boryla • Levane • Braun • Donovan • Gallatin • McGuire • Holzman • Reed • Holzman • H. Brown • Hill • Pitino • Jackson • MacLeod • Riley • Nelson • Van Gundy • Chaney • Williams • Wilkens • Williams • L. Brown • Thomas • D'Antoni

D-League Affiliate	Reno

Administration	Madison Square Garden, L.P. (Owner; subsidairy of Cablevision Systems Corp.) • James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) • Donnie Walsh (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) • Mike D'Antoni (Head Coach)

Notable Figures	Marv Albert • Dick Barnett • Walt Bellamy • Bill Bradley • Mike Breen • Marcus Camby • Bill Cartwright • Dave Checketts • Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton • Dave DeBusschere • Patrick Ewing • Walt Frazier • Marty Glickman • Ernie Grunfeld • Allan Houston • Mark Jackson • Bernard King • Jerry Lucas • Anthony Mason • Stephon Marbury • Earl Monroe • Charles Oakley • Cal Ramsey • Micheal Ray Richardson • Nate Robinson • Trent Tucker • Latrell Sprewell • Kiki Vandeweghe • Gerald Wilkins • Max Zaslofsky

Retired Numbers	10 • 12 • 15 (McGuire) • 15 (Monroe) • 19 • 22 • 24 • 33 • 613 (in honor of Holzman's total wins as Knicks coach)

NBA Championships (2)	1970 • 1973

Rivals	Boston Celtics • Chicago Bulls • Indiana Pacers • Miami Heat • New Jersey Nets • Philadelphia 76ers

v • d • e 1948 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball team - United States

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