Earl Reisser

Earl Reisser

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After the war, he played several years of semiprofessional football with the [[Louisville Brecks]]. The Brecks joined the [[National Football League]] in 1921, and Reisser played halfback for the 1923 team.{{cite web|title=Earl Reiser|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=August 12, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/ReisEa20.htm}}{{cite web|title=Earl Reisser|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=December 4, 2024|url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/r/reis00380.html}} He was described in November 1923 as "the hardest smashing back of the season."{{cite news|title=Brecks To Play Cincy Team Today|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=November 11, 1923|page=9}}
After the war, he played several years of semiprofessional football with the [[Louisville Brecks]]. The Brecks joined the [[National Football League]] in 1921, and Reisser played halfback for the 1923 team.{{cite web|title=Earl Reiser|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=August 12, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/ReisEa20.htm}}{{cite web|title=Earl Reisser|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=December 4, 2024|url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/r/reis00380.html}} He was described in November 1923 as "the hardest smashing back of the season."{{cite news|title=Brecks To Play Cincy Team Today|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=November 11, 1923|page=9}}


Reisser continued living in Louisville and helped organize the [[Louisville Tanks]] and Stansanco Club football teams in the 1930s.{{cite news|title=Stansanco Club Admitted to M.F.C.|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=April 6, 1935|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-stansanco-club-admit/160339642/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} He worked for 35 years for the bathroom-fixtures division of [[American Standard Companies|American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation]].
Reisser continued living in Louisville and helped organize the [[Louisville Tanks]] and Stansanco Club football teams in the 1930s.{{cite news|title=Stansanco Club Admitted to M.F.C.|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=April 6, 1935|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-stansanco-club-admit/160339642/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} He worked for 35 years for the bathroom-fixtures division of [[American Standard Companies|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.{{cite news|title=Standard Sanitary Foreman, 'Jack Reisser, Dies at 57|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=September 30, 1956|page=37|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-reisser/160338872/|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]
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.{{cite news|title=Standard Sanitary Foreman, 'Jack Reisser, Dies at 57|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|date=September 30, 1956|page=37|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-reisser/160338872/|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]
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