Bob Reynolds (American football, born 1914)

Robert O'Dell "Horse" Reynolds (March 30, 1914 – February 8, 1994) was an American football player and businessman in radio and professional sports.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and is the only player ever to play in every minute of three consecutive Rose Bowl games (1934–1936).

After two years in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions, Reynolds went into the broadcasting business and became general manager of the 50,000-watt KMPC radio station.

The team included Reynolds, Bobby Grayson, Jim "Monk" Moscrip and Bob "Bones" Hamilton, and came to be known as the "Vow Boys."

[2][4][5] Two years after Reynolds completed the feat, Los Angeles Times sports columnist Braven Dyer wrote:"A young man arrived in town yesterday enjoying perhaps the most unique distinction in the history of the Tournament of Roses football.

… Reynolds left the field that afternoon with no fanfare or trumpets but on January 1, 1936, he set a record which may never be equalled in this annual classic.

"[7] He was a consensus All-American at the tackle position in 1934, receiving that designation from the Associated Press,[8] International News Service (later merged into UPI), and the New York Sun.

[9] The profile of Reynolds at the College Football Hall of Fame referred to Reynols as "the plow which dug deep furrows in enemy defenses," and also noted that he "knocked people down like they were wooden statues.

Richards won the coin toss,[7] and Reynolds signed a double contract — to play football for the Lions in the fall and to work for KMPC in the off-seasons.

Richards died leaving the station under the management of Reynolds and Loyd Sigmon — the KMPC engineer who developed the traffic Sig Alert.

[13] Reyolds contacted Gene Autry and advised that he had the inside track to acquire the station and its valuable real estate holdings from Richards' widow.

[15] Golden West eventually owned and operated KMPC radio and KTLA television in Los Angeles and KSFO in San Francisco.

My good fortune was being able to play on great teams with fellows like Monk Moscrip, Bones Hamilton, Bobby Grayson and the rest.

At the time, Los Angeles Times columnist John Hall wrote:"The contributions and the accomplishments of the large man with the large smile have too long been taken for granted.. As a partner of Gene Autry, it is natural perhaps that his role would be overshadowed by the glamor of a movie box office king.

[15] In 1966, Reynolds led a group of five Rams owners, each representing 8.16% of the shares, in advocating the establishment of an NFL franchise playing at Anaheim Stadium in Orange County, California.