Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds

Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds (born November 22, 1947) is an American former football player who played for the University of Tennessee, first as a fullback and then moving to linebacker.[1] He was a first-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1970 NFL Draft and played there 11 years before going to the San Francisco 49ers in 1981. He played with the Niners four more years and won two Super Bowls with them: Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XIX. He wore the number 64 throughout his career, and played in a total of 13 postseason games, including two Pro Bowls.

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.[2]

Reynolds' enthusiasm for football was such that he would show up at 49ers team breakfasts in full pads and eyeblack. Coach Bill Walsh said "He is consumed with football, even more than any addicted coach".[3]

Reynolds appeared in a non-speaking role in the Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" when Dan Marino calls him and fellow San Francisco 49er teammate Bubba Paris to tackle Homer for picking a pass meant for Bart.[4] Reynolds currently splits his time between a house in Miami and another in the Caribbean.