Robert Harland Reifsnyder (born June 18, 1937) is a former
American football
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player. An
All-American at the
United States Naval Academy
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, he won the
Maxwell Award
The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best al ...
in 1957. He went on to play professionally for the
American Football League (AFL)'s
New York Titans (1960–1961). Reifsnyder was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1997. He has also coached
high school football
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. He coached the Bisons of
Alfred G. Berner High School in
Massapequa, New York, where actor
Alec Baldwin was one of his players. He won the "Thorp Award" (Nassau County NY Outstanding HS Football Player) in 1954; joining fellow "Thorp Award" winners:
Jim Brown-1952,
John Mackey-1958 and
Matt Snell
Matthews Snell (born August 18, 1941) is a retired professional football player who played for the New York Jets. He was Jets' owner Sonny Werblin's first coup, prior to his 1965 acquisition of Joe Namath. A powerful fullback out of Ohio Stat ...
-1959.
See also
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List of American Football League players
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