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Mike Reid is, without question, the greatest combination football player/songwriter who ever lived. In his senior year (1969), the tackle spearheaded Penn State on defense with 89 tackles. He was a unanimous All-America choice, won the Outland Trophy as the outstanding interior lineman in America, and was awarded the Maxwell Trophy as the nation's outstanding player in college football. But, while all this was going on, Mike Reid had other interests. He loved to play the piano and he loved music. When Mike completed his collegiate career at Penn State, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals.
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A former defensive tackle for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals, Mike Reid was one of the most sensitive writers of romantic songs in contemporary country music. He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the son of a railroad worker. Although he was a piano p
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Mike Reid became a Utah treasure via the immensely successful BYU golf program. During Reid’s BYU years (1973-1976) the Cougars won the WAC golf championship all four years and finished second in the nation in 1976. That team, coached by Karl Tucker... included Jimmy Blair, Mike Brannan, Jim Nelford, Pat McGowan, and John Fought. He was an All American in 1974 and 1975, and was the individual WAC winner in 1975, and runnerup in 1974. As a capper to his wonderful amateur career he won the prestigious Pacific Coast Amateur and was low amateur in the U.S. Open, both in 1976.
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Although Mike Reid will go down in history as being cheeky murdering alcoholic Frank Butcher in endlessly depressing baby-kidnapping soap opera EastEnders, there was more to Mike Reid than meets the eye. He was a stuntman in Spartacus, a stunt driver in the original Casino Royale, an original member of thuddingly unfashionable TV show The Comedians and the presenter of children's TV show Runaround, most famous for Mike Reid's 'belligerent hungover tramp' presenting style.
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New York, NY -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN), the nation?s leading Spanish-language media company, announced today that Mike Reid has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President, Director of National Sales effective immediately. He will continue to report to Charlie Stuart, Executive Vice-President and Director of Sales, Univision & TeleFutura Television Groups. Mike will oversee 10 nationwide Spot Sales offices, which represent 100 Television stations in 55 markets, as well as the National Research and Marketing Group. He will be based in New York.
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Mike Reid joined Univision in 1992 as a Local Account Executive at KUVN-Univision Dallas. Two years later, he moved on to National Spot Sales as an Account Executive based in Dallas and went on to manage the Univision Detroit office for another two years. Mike returned to Dallas as Vice-President and Team Manager, a position he held for 6 years. He was then promoted to Senior Vice-President, National Sales, Central Region in Dallas until this most recent appointment.
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