Ted Reeve
| Date of birth | January 6, 1902 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of death | August 27, 1983 (aged 81) |
| Place of death | Toronto, Ontario |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1923 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1924–1930 | Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers |
| Career stats | |
Edward Henry "Ted" Reeve (January 6, 1902 – August 27, 1983) was a multi-sport Canadian athlete and sports journalist. He was on two Grey Cup winning teams as a football player, a Mann Cup championship as a lacrosse player and three Yates Cup championships as a coach for Queen's University. He is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. As an athlete Reeve was noted for determination and inspiring team-mates. He acquired the nickname "The Moaner" in later years after one of the characters in his newspaper columns, Moaner McGruffery.
Ted Reeve was one of Canada's best lacrosse players. He won the Mann Cup with the Oshawa Generals in 1929 and the Brampton Excelsiors in 1930. He turned pro with Montreal in 1931 in what was a new lacrosse league, but the league folded after one season. After serving in World War I, he attempted to break into professional football with the Canadian Rugby Union, precursor of the Canadian Football League. He first played for the Toronto Argonauts before winning the Ontario Rugby Football Union championship five times and then the Grey Cup twice in 1927 and 1930, all with the Balmy Beach club in Toronto. Reeve played middle wing position with the Toronto Balmy Beach rugby team who were at the time one of the most powerful teams in Canada. The often injured Reeve was admired for his toughness. During the Grey Cup final in the 1920s his Balmy Beach team was leading by a narrow margin late in the game when the opposition was preparing to kick the winning field goal. He had been forced to sit out most of the game due to a serious injury. Despite being injured he went on the field and blocked the kick. In his Toronto Telegram newspaper column the next day he wrote:
When I was young and in my prime
I used to block kicks all the time.
But now that I am old and grey
I only block them once a day.
After retiring as an athlete he both wrote a newspaper sports column and coached football.
He was coach of the Queen's University football team from 1933 to 1938 where they won three Yates Cup championships the most famous of which was the 1934 victory by the 'Fearless Fourteen', a squad that dressed only 14 players all year owing to academic suspensions which Reeve refused to substitute for. He then coached the Montreal Royals in 1939, the Toronto Balmy Beach in 1945 and 1946 and then the Toronto Beaches-Indians in 1948.
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