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{{short description|American football coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Laurie Bliss
| image = LTBliss.png
| alt = 
| caption = Bliss pictured in ''The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1893''
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|11|28}}
| birth_place = [[New York City|New York, New York]]
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1942|11|12|1872|11|28}}
| death_place = [[Wilmington, Delaware]]
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1890–1892
| player_team1 = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
| player_years2 = 1893
| player_team2 = [[Chicago Athletic Association Football team|Chicago Athletic Association]]
| player_positions = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| coach_years1 = 1893
| coach_team1 = [[Army Black Knights football|Army]]
| coach_years2 = 1895
| coach_team2  = [[Lehigh Mountain Hawks football|Lehigh]]
| overall_record = 7–11
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
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}}
'''Laurence Thornton "Laurie" Bliss''' (November 28, 1872 – November 12, 1942) was an [[American football]] player and coach.  He served as the head football coach at the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1893 and at [[Lehigh University]] in 1895, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 7–11.  Bliss played football at [[Yale University]] as a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] alongside his brother, [[C. D. Bliss|C. D. "Pop" Bliss]], who went on to coach at [[Stanford University]], [[Haverford College]], and the [[University of Missouri]]. After graduation, he played with the amateur [[Chicago Athletic Association Football team|Chicago Athletic Association]].<ref>[http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/exhibits/football/1.html A History of Football at Northwestern: The First Twenty Years: 1882-1902]</ref>
[[File:Laurie Bliss.JPG|thumb|right|Laurie Bliss]]

==Coaching career==
===Army===
Bliss took his first head coaching job at the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1893 and led the team to a 4–5 record.  He was the third person appointed to the position of head football coach at West Point.  The [[1893 Army Cadets football team|1893 Army team]] lost to [[1893 Navy Midshipmen football team|Navy]] and to {{cfb link|year=1893|team=Lehigh Brown and White|title=Lehigh}}.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=190&year=1893 Coaching Records Game by Game<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

===Lehigh===
Bliss was the fourth head football coach at [[Lehigh University]] in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]] and he held that position for the 1895 season.  His  coaching record at Lehigh was 3–6.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php Lehigh Coaching Records<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210235623/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |date=2015-12-10 }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name         = [[Army Black Knights football|Army Cadets]]
 | conf         = Independent
 | startyear    = 1893
 | endyear      = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1893 college football season|1893]]
 | name         = [[1893 Army Cadets football team|Army]]
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Army
 | overall      = 4–5
 | confrecord   = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name         = [[Lehigh Mountain Hawks football|Lehigh Brown and White]]
 | conf         = Independent
 | startyear    = 1895
 | endyear      = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1895 college football season|1895]]
 | name         = Lehigh
 | overall      = 3–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Lehigh
 | overall      = 3–6
 | confrecord   = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall      = 7–11
 | bowls        = no
 | poll         = no
 | polltype     = 
 | legend       = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|5086673}}

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[[Category:1872 births]]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:19th-century players of American football]]
[[Category:American football halfbacks]]
[[Category:Army Black Knights football coaches]]
[[Category:Chicago Athletic Association players]]
[[Category:Lehigh Mountain Hawks football coaches]]
[[Category:Yale Bulldogs football players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from New York City]]

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