Tommy Reamon was born on March 12,1952 and is an American former professional football player, who has worked as an actor, and is currently an educator in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.
20 Facts About Tommy Reamon
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Tommy Reamon came out of the George Washington Carver High School in Newport News, Virginia.
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Tommy Reamon went on to be a running back at the University of Missouri.
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Tommy Reamon was drafted in 1974 by the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, and by the Florida Blazers in the World Football League's College Draft.
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Tommy Reamon was selected in round 29 by the Blazers.
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Tommy Reamon went on to stardom in the World Football League, and was named one of the league's MVPs in 1974 as a member of the Blazers.
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Tommy Reamon scored a touchdown for the Steelers in the last game ever played between the NFL Super Bowl Champions and College All-Stars.
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Tommy Reamon holds the WFL records for most rushing yards in a game, Season and in the World Bowl.
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Tommy Reamon gained a total of 750 yards from scrimmage and scored five touchdowns in 1976 for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Tommy Reamon would go on to play for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL in 1977 after a failed try out for the Chicago Bears who were coached by former Blazers Head Coach Jack Pardee.
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Tommy Reamon went into acting after his football career ended, playing the role of Delma Huddle in the 1979 movie North Dallas Forty, and appeared in several episodes of the TV series Charlie's Angels between 1978 and 1982.
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Tommy Reamon appeared on episodes of Quincy and Fall Guy.
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Tommy Reamon coached with the Newport News Public Schools for a number of years.
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Tommy Reamon was at Ferguson High School until it was closed during a building modernization program in 1996.
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From 2006 until early 2008, Tommy Reamon was employed coaching high school football at Gloucester High School in Gloucester County in the Virginia's Middle Peninsula region at the northern edge of Hampton Roads.
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Tommy Reamon is coaching on the collegiate level at Virginia Tech.
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Tommy Reamon has led the Landstown to VHSL playoffs seven of the past ten seasons.
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In 2023, Tommy Reamon accepted the position of head football coach at Denbigh High School in Newport News.
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Tommy Reamon was recruited by Denbigh High alumnus and current Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin for the position at Franco Harris' wake in Pittsburgh.
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Tommy Reamon assisted Brooks with his transition to the University of Virginia, and later, each of the Vick brothers at Virginia Tech, where they each received full scholarships.