Floyd was a three sport athlete as well as being an honor student while attending Stivers High School. He joins five classmates from the Class of 1929 –Sam Andrews, Herb Brown, Carl Cramer, Marvin Farrier and Larry McAfee in the Stivers Hall of Fame.
In 1929 Stivers won the State Basketball Championship. The team had a 23-0 regular season record and had an overall 29-1 record.
According to Stivers coach Stahl about the 1929 team, “… the boys played better together than any other team I have coached!” That team is considered to be the best Stivers basketball team ever.
In football, Stivers was City Champions in both 1928 and 1929 with Floyd playing offensive end opposite Max Padlow, who was the bigger of the two. But Floyd was known to be the speedier of the offensive ends.
Floyd, being an excellent all-around athlete, seemed to excel at track. Led by Captain Leichtle, the headlines of the Dayton Daily News states “STIVERS WINS CITY TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP.” It also states “Leichtle won the 440 in every dual meet Stivers had booked and copped the Southwestern District Championship in that event at Miami.”
Along with being City Champs, Stivers also competed in the Ohio Relays and Pennsylvania Relay Carnival, where Floyd was anchorman on the victorious Relay Team.
After leaving Stivers, Floyd went on to have a very successful basketball career at the University of Dayton While playing for the Flyers, a game was scheduled against the Ohio State Buckeyes which featured future Stivers Hall of Fame athletes Max Padlow, Bob Colburn, and Bill Hosket who were now being coached by their high school coach, Floyd Stahl. Along with Floyd Leichtle, the U.D. quintet also included future Stivers Hall of Fame athletes Marty Armbruster and Bob Payne.
Floyd also played first base and batted second for the U.D. baseball team. After graduating from U.D., Mr. Leichtle worked for the Rohr Aircraft Company in Imperial Beach, California. He passed away in December of 1965.