Bill Reid
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Fullback, Harvard, 1898–⁠99

Bill Reid

Born
Oct 25, 1878, in San Francisco, California
Died
Sep 28, 1976, in Brookline, Massachusetts

Bill Reid played fullback at Harvard (1898–⁠99). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1898 and 1899

All-America: Leslie’s Weekly first team 1898; New York Evening Telegram first team 1898; Syracuse Herald 1898; Outing magazine second team 1898

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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