Tommy Reamon

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tommy Reamon (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.Reamon came out of the George Washington Carver High School, Newport News, Virginia, class of 1970, and went on to be a running back at the University of Missouri. He was drafted in 1974 by the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, and by the Florida Blazers in the World Football League's College Draft. Reamon was selected in round 23 by the Blazers. Reamon went on to stardom in the World Football League, and was named one of the league's Tri- MVP's in 1974 as a member of the Blazers. He help lead Florida to the first and only World Bowl game coming up short against the Birmingham Americans 22-21. A year later, he joined the Jacksonville Express of the WFL.