64 days until football

[Legatron4]

What a history we have man. This countdown has been a lot of fun for me and being able to learn more about the Rams is always enjoyable. Today we look at Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds who played from 1970-1980 for the good guys and switched to the ugly colors in 1981. So this might be a ‘bitter sweet’ era for some Rams fans.

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Hacksaw was a two time pro bowler. He played his college days at University of Tennessee and actually started out as a fullback.

 

[den-the-coach]

Gerald a very good LT for a couple of years

Mike LaHood filled in when called upon in 69.

And Dave Wohlabaugh

 

[Allen2McVay]

Gerald a very good LT for a couple of years
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Mike LaHood filled in when called upon in 69.
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And Dave Wohlabaugh
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You had me with Perry and LaHood but you lost me with Wohlabaugh.

I remember being excited by the additions of veteran OTs like Irv Eatman and Gerald Perry (from Denver?) but that was the start of a bad stretch in the early 90’s.

Wohlabaugh!!!

 

[den-the-coach]

Wohlabaugh!!!

Just posing that Wohlabaugh donned #64....Nothing else, loved Perry, made me feel better considering how bad Gaston Green was, that ended up being a good trade.

 

[MrRiceGuyRJ]

 

[Allen2McVay]

Just posing that Wohlabaugh donned #64....Nothing else, loved Perry, made me feel better considering how bad Gaston Green was, that ended up being a good trade.

Just kidding you.
And Dave Wohlabaugh.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Reynolds earned his nickname in 1969 by cutting an abandoned 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air (some accounts claim it was a Porsche) in half with a hacksaw after his previously unbeaten University of Tennessee team returned from an embarrassing 38-0 road loss to Ole Miss.

"I came back to school and I was very upset," Reynolds said. "I had to do something to relieve my frustration."

He decided to turn the abandoned car into a trailer for his newly purchased Jeep. After working through the night on the project, chewing through 13 hacksaw blades, he returned the next day with some teammates to show off his handiwork. However, when they arrived, both halves of the car were gone.

For the remainder of his career, the nickname stuck.