{{Short description|American-born Canadian ice hockey player}} {{for|the novel by Peter Abrahams|Mine Boy}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Alex Levinsky.jpg | alt = | caption = Levinsky, circa 1934–39 | image_size = 230px | position = Defence | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 184 | played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs<br>New York Rangers<br>Chicago Black Hawks | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1910|2|2}} | birth_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|9|1|1910|2|2|mf=y}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | career_start = 1930 | career_end = 1939 | halloffame = | website = }} '''Alexander Levinsky''' (February 2, 1910 – September 1, 1990) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers. He was given the nickname "'''Mine Boy'''", because it was noted that his father, who would attend his son's games, would shout: "That's mine boy."<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Jefferson|title=The Three Stars and Other Selections: More Amazing Hockey Lists for Trivia Lovers|year=2000|publisher=ECW Press|location=Canada|isbn=9781550224276|pages=180}}.</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gA5yCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Alex+Levinsky%22+jewish&pg=PT151 The Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club: Official Centennial Publication - Kevin Shea, Jason Wilson<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Biography== Levinsky was born in Syracuse, New York, grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and was Jewish.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=%22Alex+Levinsky%22+jewish&pg=PA350 ''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History'' - Bob Wechsler<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XDMEaDRwL1gC&dq=%22Alex+Levinsky%22+jewish&pg=PA318 ''Patterns of the Past: Interpreting Ontario's History: a Collection of ...'' <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In his youth, he played for Canadian Sports Hall of Fame coach Bob Abate,<ref name = "1963 Testimonial Dinner">{{cite news|last=Burnett|first=Red|author-link=Red Burnett|title=Testimonial for Bob Abate|work=Toronto Daily Star|page=17|date=April 26, 1963|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-bob-abate/145648327/|access-date=April 19, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and starred with Abate's Elizabeth Playground champion teams in baseball, basketball, hockey, and football before he concentrated on hockey.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GN54aY1YVigC&dq=%22Alex+Levinsky%22+jewish&pg=PA121 ''In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration in ...'' - Rita James Simon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Before playing hockey professionally, he played baseball with St. George's; he later played hockey with the Toronto Marlboros.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
He played 367 NHL games, in which he scored 19 goals and had 49 assists for 68 career points.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnyhistory.org/2014/12/alex-levinsky/|title = Alex Levinsky, the First Hockey Player from Syracuse|date = 18 December 2014}}</ref> He had 2 goals and 1 assist in 37 playoff games.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
Levinsky graduated from the University of Toronto Law School (and played for the Varsity Blues 1929-1930)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://varsityblues.ca/sports/2008/7/28/MHOCKEY_0728082258.aspx?path=row|title = Awards}}</ref> and later became a lawyer,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49950162/ ''The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle'' from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 30, 1935 · Page 6<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> car dealership owner and bowling alley owner.
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1928–29 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 8 || 4 || 1 || 5 || — | 3 || 0 || 4 || 4 || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1928–29 | Toronto Marlboros | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 12 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 20 |- | 1929–30 | University of Toronto | CIAUC | 9 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 20 | 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1930–31 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 10 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 16 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 8 |- | 1930–31 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1931–32 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 || 5 || 5 || 10 || 29 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1932–33 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 61 | 9 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1933–34 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 || 5 || 11 || 16 || 38 | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- | 1934–35 | New York Rangers | NHL | 21 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1934–35 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 23 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 16 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 1935–36 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 48 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 69 | 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1936–37 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 48 || 0 || 8 || 8 || 32 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1937–38 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 48 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 18 | 7 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1938–39 | Philadelphia Ramblers | IAHL | 17 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1938–39 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 30 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 36 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1939–40 | Philadelphia Ramblers | IAHL | 53 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 368 !! 19 !! 49 !! 68 !! 307 ! 25 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 20 |}
==Awards and achievements== *1932 Stanley Cup Championship (Toronto Maple Leafs) *1938 Stanley Cup Championship (Chicago Black Hawks)
==See also== *List of select Jewish ice hockey players
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=13387}}
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