John Levi (American football)

John C. "Skee" Levi (June 14, 1898 – January 22, 1946) was an Arapaho Indian athlete,[1] playing college football for the Haskell Indians.

[2] Allegedly Jim Thorpe called him the greatest athlete he'd ever seen.

[4] Levi died on January 22, 1946, at Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado, after he was fatally stabbed by Fannie Stabler.

In May 1946, Stabler was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.

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