Ray Reckmack

Raymond Vincent Reckmack (August 26, 1914 – April 28, 1982) was an American football player.

Ray Reckmack

Raymond Reckmack at Syracuse, 1936
Personal information
Born:	(1914-08-26)August 26, 1914 Cheshire, Connecticut
Died:	April 28, 1982(1982-04-28) (aged 67) Allentown, Pennsylvania
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
Position:	End, halfback
High school:	Roxbury (MA), Cheshire Academy (CT)
College:	Syracuse
Career history
Brooklyn Dodgers (1937) Detroit Lions (1937) Danbury Trojans (1937–1939)
Career NFL statistics
Games: 2 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Reckmack was born in 1914 in Cheshire, Connecticut.^[1] He attended the Roxbury School where he was an all-around athlete.^[2]

He enrolled at Syracuse University in 1933 and played college football as a halfback and fullback for Syracuse from 1934 to 1936.^[1][3] While playing for Syracuse, he was known as "one of the finest forward passers in the country" and "an excellent blocking back."^[4]

After his time at Syracuse, he played professional football in the National Football League (NFL). He began his professional career in August 1937 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.^[4] He played one game at the end position for the Dodgers before being placed on waivers. He was then claimed by the Detroit Lions in October 1937.^[5] He appeared in one game for the Lions as a blocking back.^[1][6]

He also played at the fullback and halfback positions for the Danbury Trojans of the American Association from 1937 to 1939. He appeared in 12 games for the Trojans.^[1]

After his football career ended, Reckmack was a production analyst for the Western Electric Company's Allentown Works from 1947 to 1980. He died in 1982 at the Allentown and Sacred Heart Hospital Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.^[7]