Jim Reid is a former Canadian football

Canadian football

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...

 fullback who played in the Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 for most of his career with the Ottawa Rough Riders

Ottawa Rough Riders

The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. One of the oldest and longest lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine times. Their most dominant era was the 1960s and 1970s, a...

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Reid played football at Wilfred Laurier University where he won the Peter Gorman Trophy

Peter Gorman Trophy

Peter Gorman Trophy is awarded to the Rookie of the Year in CIS football.*1976 Jim Reid, Wilfrid Laurier*1977 Gord Goodwin, Calgary*1978 John Lowe, Guelph*1979 Joey Tynes, StFX*1980 John Hutchinson, Mount Allison*1981 Glenn Steele, UBC...

 as Rookie of the Year. Reid was part of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

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' territorial exemption in the 1979 CFL draft

1979 CFL Draft

The 1979 CFL Draft composed of seven rounds where 81 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA...

. He did not play the full 1979 season

1979 CFL season

The 1979 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 26th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 22nd Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 1979:...

 as a result of knee surgery. Because of the knee injury, Hamilton traded Reid along with Bill Banks to Ottawa in exchange for Ray Honey.