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| | MIKE REID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Former Outland Trophy winner, an All-American lineman at Penn State and All-Pro in the early 1970s with the Cincinnati Bengals, Mike Reid had such a love for music that his PSU degree was in music, and in offseasons of his pro career he often played with symphony orchestras as guest classical pianist. |
 | | Encouraged by Larry Gatlin and others, Reid worked more and more on his songwriting, and moved to Nashville in 1980 (five years after his pro football career ended). |
 | | By decade's end, he had written country pop hits for Ronnie Milsap (several), Crystal Gayle, Barbara Mandrell, Tanya Tucker, and others. |
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