Geoff Reece

{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Geoff Reece

| image =

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| number = 54, 55

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|5|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Everett, Washington, U.S.

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| death_place =

| high_school = Cascade
(Everett, Washington)

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 247

| college = Washington State

| draftyear = 1975

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 61

| pastteams =

• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1976}})
• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1977}})
• Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1978}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1974)
• 2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1973, 1974)

| pfr = ReecGe20

}}

Geoffrey Robert Reece (born May 16, 1952) is an American former professional football player. He played as a center in three National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1976 to 1978 for the Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and Baltimore Colts.

Born and raised in Everett, Washington, Reece graduated from its Cascade High School, and played college football at Washington State University in Pullman under head coach Jim Sweeney.

He was all-conference twice in the Pacific-8,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xsdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=1666%2C1301412 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Donnelley on Pac-8 squad |date=December 5, 1974 |page=1C }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7276%2C1780350 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=3 Cougars on Pac-8 all-stars |date=December 5, 1974 |page=49}} and All-American as a senior. After the 1974 season, Reece played in the Blue-Gray Game, East-West Shrine Game, and the Senior Bowl.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e5JYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fPgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6303%2C1791400 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Reece to be busy |date=December 5, 1974 |page=49}} He was inducted into the WSU athletics hall of fame in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://wsucougars.com/sports/2015/5/15/210091888.aspx |publisher=Washington State University Athletics |title=WSU announces 2015 Hall of Fame induction class |date=May 15, 2015 |accessdate=May 11, 2020}}

Selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL draft by the Rams,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UK5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5022%2C7207042|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |title=Jones, Reece picked in pro draft |date=January 29, 1975 |page=1B}} a knee injury in the College All-Star Game on August 1 sidelined Reece for his rookie season in 1975.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=88VeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4795%2C8452719 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Emerson |first=Paul |title=Injuries shadow Reece |date=August 23, 1978 |page=1B}}