Arthur E. Reichle (February 23, 1914 – May 23, 2000) was the

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of the

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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. One of the players he coached at UCLA was Jackie Robinson. He died at the age of 86 on May 23, 2000.A Man of His Word
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, 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.

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