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Still Interested In Sports

Len Levine continues to be involved in athletic activities and is in frequent contact with sports personalities

 

Alan Page, a former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was a college football All-American and played 11 years for the Minnesota Vikings.

Gale Sayers, a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, was a star football player for the Chicago Bears.

George Mikan was nicknamed Mr. Basketball. At 6 ft. 10 in., 245 lbs. he was one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He gained his fame with the champion Minneapolis Lakers.

Yogi Berra, considered one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, competed in 14 World Series.

Len Levine was with boxing great Muhammad Ali in New York City. Ali won the Gold Medal at the 1960 Olympics as an 18 year old and went on to become the only man in heavyweight boxing history to win the crown three times.

Bobby Bell, a two-time All American at the University of Minnesota and All-NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, was there when Len Levine received the University of Minnesota “M” Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

Iván “Pudge” Rodríguez Torres is one of the all-time great major league baseball players. Rodríguez won the World Series with the Florida Marlins in 2003, and also played in the 2006 World Series while with the Detroit Tigers. During his career he had the best caught stealing percentage of any major league catcher, at 45.68%.