Art Reichle
Arthur E. Reichle (February 23, 1914 – May 23, 2000)[1] was the head coach of the UCLA Bruins baseball in 1941 and from 1946 to 1974. He had a career record of 747–582–12. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.[2] One of the players he coached at UCLA was Jackie Robinson.[3] He died at the age of 86 on May 23, 2000.[4]
Led by Chris Chambliss, his 1969 team won the Pacific-8 Conference Championship and played in the College World Series, first appearance for the university.
He was a student-athlete at UCLA from 1934–36, playing football, rugby and baseball. He married his wife Ruth and they had three children, sons Arthur Jr. and Richard and daughter Denise Margarite.
References
[edit]- ^ "Arthur E Reichle". Fold3. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Twelve athletes to be inducted into UCLA’s Hall of Fame
- ^ Memorial for Former Baseball Coach Art Reichle
- ^ A Man of His Word