Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds
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Position: | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Western Hills (Cincinnati) | ||||||
College: | Tennessee | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1970 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | ||||||
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John Sumner Reynolds (born November 22, 1947), nicknamed "Hacksaw", is an American former professional
Reynolds played
After being drafted by the Rams and spending a decade in LA, he was released and signed by Bill Walsh and John McVay as a veteran presence for the defence on a $1 million contract over five years.
Reynolds' enthusiasm for football was such that he would show up at 49ers team breakfasts in full pads and eyeblack. Walsh said "He is consumed with football, even more than any addicted coach".[7] Aside from his intensity, he was also known for being a studious player, turning up to his first training camp with the 49ers with his own projector so he could study film in his room, carrying around a large collection of pencils to take constant notes, and being the only player that the coaches entrusted with a key to the facilities. Further, he once refused to lend a pencil to then-rookie Safety Ronnie Lott, stating that he wouldn't become a success in the NFL until he brought his own pencil to every meeting.[8] Lott would eventually enter the NFL Hall of Fame after a 14-year career. Walsh credited Reynolds as being the most telling personnel move he ever made, stating "Jack gave us leadership and maturity and toughness and set an example for everybody...As strange a guy as he was, he really put us on the map. I think that single addition was the key to our success."[9]
It was a condition of his last professional contract that he would become a coach immediately after retirement. However, he only lasted 12 days, allegedly finding the candid nature of player assessments by fellow coaches "unsettling".[10] He retired from professional football completely after this brief stint.
Reynolds appeared in a non-speaking role in the Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" when Dan Marino calls him and former Baltimore Colts defensive lineman Bubba Smith to tackle Homer for intercepting a pass meant for Bart.[11] Reynolds currently splits his time between a house in Miami and another in the Caribbean.
References
- ^ "1970 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "Jack Reynolds Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "1975 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "1980 NFL Pro Bowlers". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "University of Tennessee Sports - Jack Reynolds".
- ^ Strange, Mike (September 14, 2006). "Hacksaw was 'cut above the other guys'". Scripps Newspaper Group. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ^ "Ochocinco and the 20 Most Eccentric Players in NFL History".
- ISBN 9780345499127.
- ^ Harris, David. p 131.
- ^ Haris, David. p 242
- ^ "Simpsons Archive - "Sunday Cruddy Sunday"".