caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
reap at villanova in 1915 villanova february 9 , 1935 -lrb- aged 40 -rrb- scranton , pennsylvania 1917 -- 1920 1921 -- ? tackle 9 -- 13 -- 4 1912 -- 1915 villanova dickinson -lrb- line -rrb- 1943 football c. 1895 t reap.jpg thomas reap
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thomas reap

thomas m. reap -lrb- circa 1895 -- february 9 , 1935 -rrb- was an american lawyer and college football coach .
he served as the head coach at villanova college -- now known as villanova university -- from 1917 to 1920 , during which time he compiled a record of 9 -- 13 -- 4 .
reap attended villanova college -lrb- now villanova university -rrb- , and from 1912 to 1915 , played on the football team as a tackle .
according to the 1915 edition of `` spalding 's official foot ball guide '' , he was one of `` the main factors in villanova 's defense . ''
in 1917 , reap assumed the head coaching position at his alma mater , a post he held for four seasons .
during his tenure , he amassed a 9 -- 13 -- 4 record .
in 1921 , he enrolled in the law school at dickinson college , where he also served as the line coach for the football team .
in the late 1920s , he was practicing law in montgomery county , pennsylvania , and was a `` prominent philadelphia lawyer '' .
reap died in a scranton , pennsylvania hospital while undergoing unspecified treatment on february 9 , 1935 at the age of 40 .
his brother and former villanova teammate , jim reap , served as a lackawanna county sheriff .
