Tommy Reamon

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Tommy Reamon Sr. (born Thomas Waverly Reamon on March 12, 1952 in Newport News, Virginia) is a retired African-American professional football player, who has worked as an [actor]], and is currently an educator in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. As a high school football coach, Reamon has had some notable success in developing talent to become collegiate and professional football players among his students.

Contents 1 Collegiate, professional football 2 Acting 3 High school football coach 4 References

[edit] Collegiate, professional football

Reamon came out of the George Washington Carver High School, Newport News, Virginia, class of of 1970, and went on to be a running back at the University of Missouri. He was drafted in 1974 by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Reamon went on to stardom in the World Football League, and was named the league MVP in 1975. A year later, he joined the Kansas City Chiefs. He gained a total of 450 yards from scrimmage and scored five touchdowns in 1976. ^[1]

[edit] Acting

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. ^[2].

[edit] High school football coach

Reamon coached with the Newport News Public Schools for a number of years. He was at Ferguson High School until it was closed during a building modernization program in 1996. He then moved to Warwick High School.

In his tenure with Newport News Public Schools, Coach Reamon was noted for helping develop future NFL quarterbacks Aaron Brooks and Michael Vick. He also coached Marcus Vick, Michael's younger brother. Reamon assisted Brooks with his transition to the University of Virginia, and later, each of the Vick brothers at Virginia Tech. Brooks played for the Green Bay Packers; the New Orleans Saints, where he was the starting quarterback for six years; and the Oakland Raiders, and is currently a free agent. Michael Vick was a popular star quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons during the 2001-2006 seasons, before his federal felony conviction relating to an intrastate dog fighting ring. He is currently serving prison time in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and awaiting trial on several felony charges in Surry County, Virginia. Marcus Vick was a reserve player with the Miami Dolphins for a year 2006-2007, and is currently a free agent.

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. ^[3] At Gloucester High School, Coach Reamon's son Tommy Jr. has been considered among the rising football stars with collegiate potential, according to observers. ^[4]

In April, 2008, it was announced that Reamon had accepted a position as Head Football coach at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach. ^[5] The Landstown Eagles team went 5-5 the prior season. He will replace Steve Canter, who resigned March 18, 2008, after two seasons to accept a job on Pete Adrian’s staff at Norfolk State University. ^[6]

[edit] References