Jack & Susie Reavill 
Football and Lacrosse; 1/20 Arty 63, AdC 65, 6/12 Arty Korea 65, 1/19 Arty 67, 52d Arty Gp RVN 68, HQ CONARC 70, V Corps Arty 77, Co 1/333 FA 79, DC 83, OASOD 84, OASOPS 84, Ret 88.
Jack with 2d Place Trophy – 6th Grade – he had that knee replaced in 2009 |
Jack elected Captain of the 1957 RHS Team |
Jackson Custer Reavill – Class of 1962
Cadet Company L-2
Home Town: Flat Rock, Illinois
Flat Rock, a town of approximately 450 people, had a grade school but no high school. Jack lettered in both basketball and track during grades 6-8. As a 6th grader, he was a starter on the Flat Rock basketball team that won second place in the Illinois Grade School State-Wide Tournament
High School: Robinson High School (RHS), Robinson, Illinois
Flat Rock students were bussed 15 miles to Robinson High School. Since no transportation was provided by the school system for extra curricular activities, Jack and others hitch hiked their way to Flat Rock after practices.
At RHS, Jack lettered 3 years in both football and basketball and 2 years in track. He was both captain and most valuable player of the football and basketball teams in his senior year. He was All-County, All Conference, and honorable mention All State in both football and basketball his junior and senior years. At the time, Illinois had not divided the schools into classes by size.
Though baseball was not a high school sponsored sport, Jack played Babe Ruth and American Legion baseball and was selected for the league All Star Teams each year.
Jack had previously committed to play football and basketball at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He also had been designated a 3rd alternate to West Point. During a high school civics trip to Washington, DC in early June of 1958, Jack learned that he had been advanced from 3rd alternate to principle. He entered USMA three weeks later.
Date of Entry to Academy: 2 July 1958
Date of Graduation: 6 June 1962
Age at Graduation: 22
Cullum Number 24,000
Cadet Rank Rank: SGTHeight at Entry: 6′ 1″ and 6′ 2″ at Graduation
Weight at Entry: 205
Playing Weight: Basketball 195; Football 205; Lacrosse 195
Graduation Weight: 205
Teams: Jack was not brought in to USMA to play any sport. After tryouts during Beast Barracks, he was invited to play football, basketball, baseball and track. He later became a “walk on” in football, basketball, and lacrosse.
Basketball (Plebe Year)
Though not a starter on the plebe team, Jack was a role player because of his long range jump shooting accuracy. As a result, he was selected by the varsity coaching staff to act as Navy’s leading scorer during preparations for the Navy basketball game.
B Squad Football (Yearling & Cow Years) and Varsity Football Firstie Year.
Jack Reavill #81 is front row, 4th player from left
Lacrosse Photo Here
1962 Lacrosse Team (Jack Reavill is #34, right most player in 1st row)
North-South Team Picture Here
Reavill is 5th player from left in 2nd row.
Coaches/Assistant Coaches
Basketball – Major Bell
B Squad Football – Tony Bulotta
VarsityFootball – Dale Hall and “Chuck Gottfried”
Lacrosse – Jim Ace Adams
Coach Ace Adams being chunked into the Severn River after the 1961 Army-Navy Lacrosse game, won by Army 10-8.
Team Captains
Football – Mike Casp
Lacrosse – Charles Butch Darrell
Positions Played
Basketball – Guard/Forward
Football – Tight End/Defensive End/Special Teams
Lacrosse – Defense
Athletic Awards
Plebe Year Basketball – Class Numerals
Yearling Year – Football and Lacrosse Monograms
Cow Year – Football and Lacrosse Monograms
Firstie Year – Football Monogram and Lacrosse Army “A”
Team Recognition
National – 1961 Lacrosse Team below and Navy shared National Championship
Lacrosse Team Photo Here
Individual Recognition
1962 Honorable Mention All America Lacrosse Defense Player Firstie Year and defensive starter for the North in the 1962 North-South Lacrosse Game.
West Point Lacrosse Loose Balls Award below was normally won by midfielders or attackers, not members of the defense.
Post Season Play
Started for the North Team in the 1962 North-South Lacrosse Game held at Rutgers University – North Team Lost
While a graduate student at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, Jack Reavill assisted Dr. Rix Yard, Tulane’s Athletic Director, in establishing the Tulane Lacrosse Club. During 1971-1973 Jack coached-and played on the Tulane club against other university club teams in the Southeast. The Tulane club dominated the Southeast clubs during Jack’s tenure. After Jack’s departure, Tulane joined the Texas Lacrosse League in 1974 and also dominated that league during the years of Tulane’s membership. Jack received commendations from Dr. Yard and the CG, 5th Army for creating an environment that enabled free and open discussions of the Vietnam War and other topics resulting in a better understanding of and appreciation for the respective views of the team members.
For What They Gave on Saturday Afternoon 