[2] He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Wilmington High School.

[5] He later became the play-by-play announcer for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, for which he was best known.

[1] "Those where the days when they (Delaware) used to play schools like Susquehanna, Lebanon Valley, Hampden–Sydney, and PMC (Widener)," he said.

"[3] He announced from a small tower, with only enough room for one person, that was constructed on two-by-fours.

[3] The Delaware stadium was located next to a railroad, and his announcing partner Dick Aydelotte said that "Everytime a train went by, which was often, Herm would be drowned out.

[3] In 1983, the Herm Reitzes Award was created, to be given to those who have "outstanding contribution[s] to athletics and sports in Delaware.

[7] Reitzes died on June 12, 1987, in Tilton Terrace, Delaware, from heart failure.