He also played for East Fremantle in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL).
[1] Reid, who came from Coorow, was a member of East Fremantle's 1974 premiership team.
He represented Western Australia in an interstate fixture against Victoria at Subiaco Oval in 1977, which they won by 94 points, to record their first ever "State of Origin" victory.
[3][4] A wingman, Reid had a strong debut season at Essendon in 1979, when he averaged over 20 disposals from his 16 appearances and polled nine Brownlow Medal votes.
[4] A University of Western Australia graduate, Reid worked at the Australian Embassy in Beijing as Minister Commercial and Senior Trade Commissioner then at Fosters China Limited as chief operating officer, during the 1990s.