Key Points
  • Long Beach football legends Dave Levy and B.I. Mais, both alumni of Long Beach Poly and St. Anthony respectively, passed away last month.
  • Dave Levy, a Long Beach Poly alum (1932-2023), led the Jackrabbits to back-to-back CIF championships in 1958 and 1959 as a coach and had a successful coaching career at USC, in the NFL, and in high school.
  • Levy, who played football and ran track at LBCC and football and baseball at UCLA, was also inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015 and is survived by his wife, sons, stepdaughters, and aunt.
  • B.I. Mais, a St. Anthony alum (1931-2023), was the starting quarterback for the St. Anthony CIF champions in 1948, played at Cal, and worked at IBM for 31 years before working as a director of an investment service for another three decades.
  • Mais, known as a Saints superfan, was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame and is survived by his brother, sister-in-law, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.