[1] Arriving at the Hawthorn football club at a time of so many great premiership players meant that Lekkas would spend the first couple years in the reserves while the team would transition into a rebuild.
In his retirement speech he told the media that the Hawthorn Football club was a blessing in his life and when asked if he felt like the unluckiest man in the world he responded "for the good that has happened to me playing this game, i wouldn't touch it".
Lekkas was selected to attend the 2005 Anzac presentation in Gallipoli, Turkey, to represent the AFL along with Australian Football Legend Ron Barassi.
[clarification needed] Lekkas now currently runs his own private sports tuition company with a focus on helping fast track young footballers overall development.
Saying that he is passionate about assisting in the development of the next generation of potential AFL players [3] Lekkas also runs a mortgage brokering company based in Collins street, Melbourne.