Bob Reifsnyder - #79 - DE - Navy - Profile

Bob was one of the most highly touted of all college linemen. But it wasn't until last year with the Titans that he began to fill his big pro billing. In his third year at the Naval Academy, 1957, "Reef" was a unanimous AIl-American selection. He also won the Maxwell Trophy as the season's outstanding player, helping Navy score a smashing victory over Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl. But from the start of his senior year until 1960, Bob had been hobbled by a badly damaged Achilles tendon. Though he was high draft choice of the Los Angeles Rams and later picked up by the Giants, the injury kept him from making the grade. Getting closer to his Baldwin, L. I. home when the Titans acquired his contract from the Los Angeles Chargers at the start of last season, Reifsnyder began to come around to his All-American form. Fully recovered at last in 1960, he was a one-man wrecking crew on opposing passers and running backs. He covers a lot of ground for a big man, and with his 250 pounds breathing down the quarterback's neck on every play, he makes things mighty uncomfortable for the opposition.

From 1961 Jets yearbook.