Sew Leeka
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Oklahoma | September 15, 1907
Died | October 11, 1985 Freeport, Texas | (aged 78)
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | William Chrisman (Independence, Missouri) |
College | Iowa (1926–1929) |
Position | Guard |
Career history | |
1931–1932 | Long Beach Elks |
1932–1933 | Olson's Terrible Swedes |
1933–1934 | Minneapolis Oilers |
1935–1937 | Olson's Terrible Swedes |
1937–1938 | Akron Firestone Non-Skids |
Seward Clough "Sew" Leeka (September 15, 1907 – October 11, 1985) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] He played for the Akron Firestone Non-Skids in the National Basketball League for nine games during the 1937–38 season and averaged 2.4 points per game.[1][3] He later served in World War II and coached high school football in Freeport, Texas.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Seward Leeka NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "Seward Leeka". Peach Basket Society. August 25, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
- ^ "Seward Leeka Statistics". Just Sports Stats. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1985 deaths
- Akron Firestone Non-Skids players
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- United States Navy personnel of World War II
- Basketball players from Missouri
- Guards (basketball)
- High school football coaches in Texas
- Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players
- People from Independence, Missouri
- American basketball biography, pre-1910 birth stubs