Lawrence Fairfax Reifsnider was an American football player and a vice admiral in the United States Navy. A native of Westminster, Maryland, Reifsnider attended the United States Naval Academy where he played college football at the end position for the Navy Midshipmen football team. He was selected by Walter Camp in 1908 as a second-team All-American. He graduated in 1910 and was commissioned as an ensign on March 7, 1912.