Danny Reece (born January 28, 1955 in

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) is an American retired

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. Family Daniel Reece Jr., his son is a former professional fighter. After starting his fight career at The University of Nevada, Las Vegas with their boxing team, where he was a two time western regional champion and the 2006 national champion in the welterweight division, Daniel turned professional. He was undefeated in seven professional bouts before an eye injury forced him into an early retirement in 2010. He returned to the fight game in 2012, this time competing as a mixed martial artist. His MMA career was also short lived as the same eye injury that had forced his retirement from boxing led to his loss of vision in one eye and subsequent second retirement.

Childhood

Danny grew up with 8 siblings—5 brothers and 3 sisters, most of them younger. His brothers also played collegiate football, but Danny was the only one who played professionally. His father, Lloyd Reece, served on the USS Arizona during the bombing of

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and played professional baseball for the

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. Lloyd Reece died in October 2004.

Professional career

Reece played for the

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between 1976 and 1980, where he would score the first ever touchdown in franchise history on a fumble return. Reece led the

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in punt returns in 1979 and 1980.

College career

Reece was a third-round draft choice from the

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by the

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in the 1976 NFL Draft.

High school career

Prior to USC, Reece prepped at Banning High School in

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External links

Buc Power Bio
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