20 All-Time Blue Bombers Greats, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Blue Bombers franchise. Lewis was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2005, was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in February 2018, and the Missouri Sports Hall Of Fame in 2019. Family and death Lewis had three children, two of whom played professional football. Leo Lewis III played as a wide receiver for Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL and the Minnesota Vikings and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). Marc Lewis also played as a wide receiver, the for Denver Gold and Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League (USFL) and the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders and the Calgary Stampeders and Barry Lewis. Lewis died on August 30, 2013 at his home in Columbia, Missouri. He had been battling an illness for some time. Notes References External links 1933 births 2013 deaths American football halfbacks American football return specialists Canadian football running backs American women's basketball coaches Lincoln Blue Tigers athletic directors Lincoln Blue Tigers football coaches Lincoln Blue Tigers football players Lincoln Blue Tigers women's basketball coaches Winnipeg Blue Bombers players College golf coaches in the United States Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees College Football Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Des Moines, Iowa Coaches of American football from Iowa Players of American football from Des Moines, Iowa African-American college athletic directors in the United States African-American coaches of American football African-American players of American football African-American players of Canadian football African-American basketball coaches 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people