Thomas John Lieb (October 28, 1899 – April 30, 1962) was an American Olympic track and field athlete, an All-American college football player and a multi-sport collegiate coach.

He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where he lettered in all four sports and twice received All-American football honors.

[1] Several weeks after the Olympics ended, Lieb broke the discus world record with a throw of 47.61 meters (156 feet 2½ inches).

[9] From 1935 to 1938, Lieb's hockey Lions won four consecutive Pacific Coast Intercollegiate League titles and compiled a 38–3–2 record.

[10] Lieb quit his coaching job at Loyola during his wife's illness in 1939, and then decided to leave California after she died.