L. W. Riess, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football, basketball, baseball coach
Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1887
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 05-Jan-1946
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About L. W. Riess
- Lewis William Riess (October 19, 1887 – January 4, 1946) an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.
- He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College from 1908 to 1910 and at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI)—now known as Virginia Tech—in 1911, compiling a career college football record of 14–9–2.
- Riess was also the head basketball coach at Hampden–Sydney from 1908 to 1912, amassing a record of 3–6, and the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech in 1912, tally a mark of 9–9.
- He died of a heart attack in 1946 in Belgium.
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