Louis Pieri

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Louis Arthur Raymond Pieri (February 23, 1897 – June 16, 1967) was an American basketball and ice hockey executive and coach.

Ice hockey[]

In 1929 he was named general manager of the Providence Reds. The team became a charter member of the American Hockey League in 1936. Under his leadership, the Reds won eight AHL division titles and four Calder Cup championships (1938, 1940, 1949, 1956).[1]

The American Hockey League presents the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award annually to its outstanding coach.

Basketball[]

During the 1918–19 season, Pieri was the head coach of the Brown Bears men's basketball team.

Pieri was the owner of the Providence Steamrollers, a Basketball Association of America team that operated from 1946 to 1949.

From 1950 to 1964 he was a minority owner of the Boston Celtics.[2] Following the death of owner Walter A. Brown on September 7, 1964, Pieri became co-owner of the team with Brown's widow, Marjorie Brown.[3] They sold the club to the Ruppert Knickerbocker Brewing Company, a subsidiary of Marvin Kratter's National Equities.[4]

Other ventures[]

Pieri was the longtime owner and manager of the Rhode Island Auditorium. In 1940 he and eight other arena managers founded the Ice Capades.[5] In 1951, Pieri got involved with broadcasting. He purchased a Providence radio station, WDEM.[6] The station's call letters were subsequently changed to WICE; Pieri sold the station in 1956.[7] In June 1967, Pieri died of a heart attack.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "American Hockey League Hall of Fame". American Hockey League Hall of Fame. The American Hockey League. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ^ Managements and Captains, nba.com/celtics. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  3. ^ "Celtics For Sale, Says Owner". The Miami News. Feb 11, 1965. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  4. ^ "Celtics Sold to Brewery". St. Petersburg Times. June 25, 1965. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
  5. ^ Hamilton, F. F. Jr. (1974). Ice Capades "years of entertainment". Washington, DC: Penchant Publishing Company, Ltd.
  6. ^ "Seeks to Buy WDEM." Providence Journal, August 2, 1951, p. 4.
  7. ^ "Files Plea With FCC." Providence Journal, June 22, 1956, p. 29.
  8. ^ "RI AUDITORIUM". Rirocks.net. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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Preceded by President of the Boston Celtics
1963–65 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Boston Celtics principal owner
with Marjorie Brown
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