Essendon club doctors honoured
<DIV>Essendon Football Club would like to congratulate Dr Bruce Reid and Dr Ian Reynolds on receiving the prestigious Jack Titus Award. <span style="">The Jack Titus Award recognises outstanding service at club level and is named after the former Richmond champion player and long serving administrator.</SPAN></DIV>
The Jack Titus Award recognises outstanding service at club level and is named after the former Richmond champion player and long serving administrator.
The AFL commission accepted a recommendation that Dr Bruce Reid and Dr Ian Reynolds be joint winners of the 2010 Jack Titus award for their services to Essendon Football club.
Dr Bruce Reid has been Essendon club doctor for more than 29 years and this weekend reach his 700th game as Essendon club doctor after never missing a game.
Dr Ian Reynolds was club doctor at Essendon for 28 years and an incredible 665 games before he retired at the end of the 2009 season.
Both Reynolds and Reid met at medical school 37 years ago and became involved with Richmond under Tommy Hafey in the mid-1970s before Kevin Sheedy brought them to Windy Hill in 1982.
Essendon chairman David Evans presented the doctors with their awards at a Dick Reynolds Cocktail Function earlier this week.
""Reidy is one of the real characters around the club and to have never missed a game and reach such a significant milestone is an incredible achievement,"" Evans said.
""Rubber (as he is known) had an unswerving commitment to duty that endeared him to hundreds of players who have pulled on the red and black jumper,"" Evans said.
""Club doctors act as a confidant to players and coaches, are on call 24/7, travel on footy trips and spend countless hours visiting players in hospital and helping them deal with the inevitable emotional and physical rollercoaster that comes with life as an AFL footballer."" Evans said.
The award represents the highest possible honour outside of AFL Life Membership.