Leon Edward Lavington, Sr. was the first child born to the pioneering homesteaders of Flagler, Colorado.
came to Kit Carson County, Colorado in 1888 by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and developed Flagler along with his partner and brother-in-law, W.L.
Leon, Sr. graduated from the University of Colorado in 1915 before entering the United States WWI Draft Registration of 1917.
His wife, Marjorie (Dixon) Lavington, graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder, class 1914 and Pi Beta Phi member.
Leon Jr. was a track star and lettered in football at Denver's East High School.
In 1938, Leon Jr. and teammates, United States Supreme Court Justice “Whizzer” Byron White (succeeded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg), and Gene Moore, were drafted by the National Football League (NFL).
He is buried alongside his wife, Louise (Brourink) Lavington, at the Olinger Crown Hill Cemetery in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.