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{{short description|American weightlifter and former football coach}}

'''Louis George "Lou" Riecke Jr.''' (October 2, 1926 &ndash; May 31, 2017) was an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] for the [[United States]].  He also was a coach for the [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[Pittsburgh Steelers]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/lou-riecke-1.html |title=Lou Riecke |accessdate=December 31, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122005304/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/lou-riecke-1.html |archivedate=November 22, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Weightlifting achievements==
*Olympic Games team member (1964)
*Set one world record in career

==Coaching career==
Riecke served as the strength and conditioning coach for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers|Steelers]] from 1970 through 1980.  During his tenure, the team won four [[Super Bowl]]s.<ref name="Steelers">{{cite web |url=http://nola.live.advance.net/picayunes/t-p/ejpicayunes/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1234678962117890.xml&coll=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221053622/http://nola.live.advance.net/picayunes/t-p/ejpicayunes/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1234678962117890.xml&coll=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |title=Four Super Bowl rings reminders of a great time |first=Kim |last=Roberts |date=February 15, 2009 |publisher=[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]] |accessdate=2009-02-27 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.weightliftingexchange.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=39&topic=1810.0 Louis Riecke - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange]
*[http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/other/bal-sp.steroids02nov02,0,3786385.story Start of 'roids rage], Childs Walker, [[Baltimore Sun]], November 2, 2008

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[[Category:American male weightlifters]]
[[Category:Olympic weightlifters for the United States]]
[[Category:Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Pittsburgh Steelers coaches]]
[[Category:1926 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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