Beasley Reece
| Date of birth: | March 18, 1954 |
| Place of birth: | Waco, Texas |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | Defensive back |
| College: | North Texas |
| NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 9 / Pick: 264 |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1976 1977-1983 1983-1984 |
Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
Beasley Young Reece, Jr. (born March 18, 1954 in Waco, Texas) was an American football defensive back with a nine year NFL career from 1976 to 1984. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after attending college at North Texas State University.
After his retirement from playing Reece worked as a color commentator for NFL coverage on NBC and CBS, and served as an analyst for the 1992 Summer Olympics for NBC. During this time, he was the sports director for WVIT (NBC-30) in Hartford, Connecticut. He would also work in at WTOG Tampa Bay. When he came to CBS, he joined KYW-TV in Philadelphia, and became their Sports Director, a position he has had since July 1998. Reece is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.[1][2]
Beasley also attended La Vega High School in Waco, Texas and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Information was obtained in a 1983 visit to RCC Sports Academy, Suffern, NY.
- ^ Halter, Jon C. (Sep 2003). "Meeting in Philadelphia". Scouting Maganize. Boy Scouts of America. http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0309/a-meet.html. Retrieved 2006-09-08.
- ^ Reece bio at cbsphilly.com Retrieved 2010-12-19
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