Jack Reed, a famous member of the New York Yankees was born in Silver City on February 2, 1933.  Growing up he always dreamed of becoming a major league baseball player. He graduated from Gulf Coast Military Academy and went on the the University of Mississippi to compete  not only in baseball, but in football, and track.  He was know for his speed, but he also led the SEC in hitting.

In August of 1953, during his senior year, he signed with the New York Yankees.    A two year tour of duty in Korea would interrupt his career before it began.

When he returned to baseball it was in big way.  He played in three World Series.  He and the Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds in 1961.  The following year they defeated the San Francisco Giants.  In 1963 they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Reed moved on to coaching.  He coached minor league AAA teams in Virginia, Florida, Georgia, and New York before leaving baseball behind.  He went home to take care of the family farm when his father passed away.

He was inducted into the Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.  He is one of only four people to have played in a World Series game as well as a major college football bowl game, the Sugar Bowl of 1953.

Reed and his wife Lou still live in Silver City, Mississippi.  The couple have four children and eight grandchildren.  Reed is now a purchasing director for Country Select in Isola.  But he has returned to New York to play in 9 Yankee's Old Timer's Day events.  Far from the fast pace of professional ball, he is still a Yankee at heart.