[1] In college, Leovich played in the first-ever Pineapple Bowl in 1940 against the University of Hawaii following the 1939 football season.

[3] Leovich was also looking over an offer to play for the Detroit Tigers at this time, but eventually chose the Athletics because they had a minor league team in Portland, and was familiar with some of the players and coaches.

In two major league at-bats against Bob Feller, he hit a ground out to shortstop Lou Boudreau and a double to right field.

[5] Shortly after playing in this one career game, he was optioned to the Montreal Royals of the International League.

[7] After being released on October 20,[5] Leovich served in the United States Coast Guard in World War II.