Ray Reckmack
{{Short description|American football player (1914–1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Ray Reckmack
| image = Raymond Reckmack.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Raymond Reckmack at Syracuse, 1936
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| position = End, halfback
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|08|26}}
| birth_place = Cheshire, Connecticut
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|04|28|1914|08|26}}
| death_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 198
| high_school = Roxbury (MA), Cheshire Academy (CT)
| college = Syracuse
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| pastteams = * Brooklyn Dodgers (1937)
- Detroit Lions (1937)
- Danbury Trojans (1937–1939)
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Games
| statvalue1 = 2
| pfr = ReckRa20
}}
Raymond Vincent Reckmack (August 26, 1914 – April 28, 1982) was an American football player.
Reckmack was born in 1914 in Cheshire, Connecticut.{{cite web|title=Ray Reckmack|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=March 12, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerr/reck00200.html}} He attended the Roxbury School where he was an all-around athlete.{{cite news|title=News of Cheshire and Its People|newspaper=The Meriden Daily Journal|date=November 20, 1933|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97501684/reckmack/|via=Newspapers.com}}
He enrolled at Syracuse University in 1933 and played college football as a halfback and fullback for Syracuse from 1934 to 1936.{{cite news|title=Cheshire News|newspaper=The Meriden Daily Journal|date=August 6, 1937|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97502465/reckmack/|via=Newspapers.com}} While playing for Syracuse, he was known as "one of the finest forward passers in the country" and "an excellent blocking back."
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.{{cite news|title=Cheshire News|newspaper=Record-Journal|date=August 4, 1937|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97502688/reckmack/|via=Newspapers.com}} 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.{{cite news|title=Lions Get New Player: Backfielder Added for Sunday Game|newspaper=The Windsor Star|date=October 7, 1937|page=35|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97502332/reckmack/|via=Newspapers.com}} He appeared in one game for the Lions as a blocking back.{{cite web|title=Ray Reckmack|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=August 29, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/ReckRa20.htm}}
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.
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.{{cite news|title=Raymond Reckmack, ex-pro football player|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=April 29, 1982|page=B16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97503499/reckmack/|via=Newspapers.com}}