Syd "Professor" Reynolds was an offensive end in the

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. A graduate of

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, he joined the

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in 1930, their last

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championship season. Over the next 9 years he was an all-star 5 times and won the Imperial Oil Trophy as MVP in the ORFU in 1936.Reynolds gets Trophy - Balmy Beach Star Most Useful to Team in O.R.F.U.

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, January 28, 1937 He played 2 more seasons with the Beachers, 1940 and 1945.

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