Reggie Fowler
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Birmingham, Alabama
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born: | February 4, 1959 Birmingham, Alabama | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Sahuaro High School (Tucson, Arizona) | ||||
| College: | Wyoming | ||||
| Undrafted: | 1982 | ||||
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Reginald Dennis Fowler (born February 4, 1959) is an American former football player, businessman, and convicted fraudster.[1] He played with the Arizona Wranglers, and later invested in the Minnesota Vikings. He was involved in the Alliance of American Football. He was the owner of Spiral, Inc. and Kyrene OEM, LLC (formerly OEM Logistics, Inc.) in Tempe, Arizona.
Fowler is the son of Al and Eloise Fowler, and one of their five children.[citation needed] When his father retired from the U.S. Air Force, he moved his family to Tucson, Arizona, where he opened a restaurant called Al's Pit Bar-B-Que. Reggie worked as a dishwasher there. The original location was to become the setting for the 1974 Martin Scorsese film, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.[citation needed]
After Fowler's family relocated to the east side of town, he attended Magee Junior High School and later Sahuaro High School, where he played football, as did his brother, Jeff. Fowler was inducted into the Sahuaro High School Alumni (Cougar Foundation) Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
Playing career
Fowler graduated from Sahuaro in 1977 and enrolled at Wyoming on a football scholarship. There he started out as a running back, the position he played in high school, but later switched to wide receiver and linebacker positions. He graduated in December 1981, with a bachelor's degree in Social Work.[citation needed] Though he was not drafted, he attended training camp for the Cincinnati Bengals but was cut from the team before the beginning of the season.
When the United States Football League (USFL) was formed in 1983, Fowler was selected to play for the Arizona Wranglers but played sparingly as a reserve linebacker. He saw action in the last six games of the 1983 season – last playing on Sunday, July 3 in Pontiac, Michigan. The Wranglers transferred the majority of their rostered players to the Chicago Blitz in September 1983; however, he was not part of the transaction and was released.