Earl Reisser
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| Position | Halfback | ||||
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| Born | May 26, 1899[1] Guthrie, Kentucky, US | ||||
| Died | September 29, 1956 (aged 57) Louisville, Kentucky, US | ||||
| Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Male (KY) | ||||
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Earl Schwab "Jack" Reisser (May 26, 1899 – September 29, 1956), also referenced as Earl Reiser,[2] was an American football player.
A native of Todd County, Kentucky, he moved to Louisville as a boy. He attended Louisville Male High School where he played at the fullback position for the football team during the 1917 season .[3][4][5]
He served in the United States Navy during World War I and played on the Great Lakes Navy football team.[6][2][7]
After the war, he played several years of semiprofessional football with the Louisville Brecks.[6] The Brecks joined the National Football League in 1921, and Reisser played halfback for the 1923 team.[3][8] He was described in November 1923 as "the hardest smashing back of the season."[9]
Reisser continued living in Louisville and helped organize the Louisville Tanks and Stansanco Club football teams in the 1930s.[6][10] He worked for 35 years for the bathroom-fixtures division of American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation.
Reisser and his wife Dolores Houchin Reisser had three sons, Richard, Arthur, and Earl Jr. Reisser died in 1956 at age 57 of a heart ailment.[6][11][12]
References
- ^ All sources confirm May 26 as Reisser's birthdate. However, the sources disagree as to the year of birth. Pro-Football-References reports 1899. Pro Football Archives reports 1889. And Reisser's draft registration cards for both World War I and World War II list 1900 as the year of birth.
- ^ a b "Earl Reisser". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "Earl Reiser". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
- ^ "Lineups Announced for High School Game". The Courier-Journal. October 19, 1917. p. 6.
- ^ "Hard Game Is Expected". The Courier-Journal. October 20, 1917. p. 6.
- ^ a b c d "Standard Sanitary Foreman, 'Jack Reisser, Dies at 57". The Courier-Journal. September 30, 1956. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Youth Back From U.S. Naval Cruise: Earl S. Reisser Says Life In Uncle Sam's Service Is Fine". The Louisville Herald. September 21, 1916. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Earl Reisser". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ^ "Brecks To Play Cincy Team Today". The Courier-Journal. November 11, 1923. p. 9.
- ^ "Stansanco Club Admitted to M.F.C." The Courier-Journal. April 6, 1935. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ World War II Draft Registration Card for Earl Schwab Reiser Sr., born May 26, 1900. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line].
- ^ 1930 U.S. Census entry for Earl S. Reisser, age 30, living in Louisville, Kentucky. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]