Valentine Lentz
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 3, 1897 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 20, 1980 (aged 82) |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1926–1927 | Baltimore Orioles |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1930–1938 | St. John's (MD) |
| 1939–1943 | Army |
| 1947–1951 | Second Army |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1919–1921 | St. John's (MD) |
| 1921–1930 | Calvert Hall |
| 1930–1939 | St. John's (MD) |
Valentine William "Dutch" Lentz (August 3, 1897 – May 20, 1980) was an American athlete and coach who was the head men's basketball coach St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
Lentz was born in Baltimore on August 3, 1897 to William and Julianna (Stahl) Lentz. He was a member of the track, soccer, football, baseball, basketball, and rifle teams Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. He was on the football, baseball, track, and basketball teams at St. John's College. He graduated in 1918 and spent a year in the military, where he was a member of the camp basketball and boxing teams. Lentz played baseball with the Reading Aces, Buffalo Bisons, Easton Farmers, and Cambridge Canners, and professional basketball with the Baltimore Orioles, and soccer with the Patapsco Rangers.[1]