Geoff Reece

{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}  {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Geoff Reece | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 54, 55 | position = Center | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|5|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = Everett, Washington, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | high_school = Cascade<br>(Everett, Washington) | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 247 | college = Washington State | draftyear = 1975 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 61 | pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1976}}) * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1977}}) * Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1978}}) | highlights = * First-team All-American (1974) * 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1973, 1974) | pfr = ReecGe20 }} '''Geoffrey Robert Reece''' (born May 16, 1952) is an American former professional football player. He played as a center in three National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1976 to 1978 for the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Baltimore Colts.

Born and raised in Everett, Washington,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Finnerty |first=Mikayla |date=2024-06-11 |title=Everett local inducted in Snohomish County Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://www.everettpost.com/local-news/everett-local-inducted-in-snohomish-county-sports-hall-of-fame |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=Everett Post |language=en-US}}</ref> Reece graduated from its Cascade High School,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-08-15 |title=Over 100 NFL players came from Puget Sound-area high schools. Here's a list of all of them |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/seahawks/slideshow/over-100-nfl-players-from-puget-sound-high-schools-206661.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529125203/https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/seahawks/slideshow/over-100-nfl-players-from-puget-sound-high-schools-206661.php |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |access-date=2025-06-13 |work=seattlepi.com |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> and played college football at Washington State University in Pullman under head coach Jim Sweeney. He was all-conference twice in the Pacific-8,<ref name=ergap>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xsdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1666%2C1301412 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Donnelley on Pac-8 squad |date=December 5, 1974 |page=1C }}</ref><ref name=thrcou>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7276%2C1780350 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=3 Cougars on Pac-8 all-stars |date=December 5, 1974 |page=49}}</ref> and All-American as a senior. After the 1974 season, Reece played in the Blue-Gray Game, East-West Shrine Game, and the Senior Bowl.<ref name=rtbbsy>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6303%2C1791400 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Reece to be busy |date=December 5, 1974 |page=49}}</ref> He was inducted into the WSU athletics hall of fame in 2015.<ref name=cghof>{{cite web |url=https://wsucougars.com/sports/2015/5/15/210091888.aspx |publisher=Washington State University Athletics |title=WSU announces 2015 Hall of Fame induction class |date=May 15, 2015 |accessdate=May 11, 2020}}</ref>

Selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL draft by the Rams,<ref name=jrpipd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UK5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022%2C7207042|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Jones, Reece picked in pro draft |date=January 29, 1975 |page=1B}}</ref> a knee injury in the College All-Star Game on August 1 sidelined Reece for his rookie season in 1975.<ref name=shadw>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=88VeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4795%2C8452719 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |last=Emerson |first=Paul |title=Injuries shadow Reece |date=August 23, 1978 |page=1B}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Reece, Geoff}} Category:1952 births Category:American football centers Category:Baltimore Colts players Category:Living people Category:Los Angeles Rams players Category:Players of American football from Everett, Washington Category:Seattle Seahawks players Category:Washington State Cougars football players Category:20th-century American sportsmen