NFL Alumni and Fatheadz Eyewear Team Up to Provide Free Eyeglasses to NFLA Members

Key Takeaways

  • Fatheadz Eyewear caters to clients with heads too large to fit standard width eye wear.
  • Fatheadz Eyewear is offering one free pair of glasses per year to all NFLA members.
  • Fatheadz will offer all other products, including upgraded lenses optics and/or other frame styles to NFLA Members at a 50% discount.

NFL Alumni (NFLA) today announced a partnership with Fatheadz Eyewear, offering one free pair of glasses per year to all NFLA members. Fatheadz will offer all other products, including upgraded lenses optics and/or other frame styles to NFLA Members at a 50% discount.

“We appreciate Fatheadz for taking care of retired NFL players,” said NFLA CEO Beasley Reece. “It is important that NFLA create partnerships with companies our members know and love. Fatheadz has done an excellent job creating products that are important to fans and pros.”  

Fatheadz Eyewear caters to clients with heads too large to fit standard width eye wear comfortably by providing a product line with over sized eye wear, as well as standard sizes, available in five distinct lines of eye wear for both men and women.

Browse the Fatheadz Eyewear collection by visiting www.fatheadz.com.


About NFL Alumni:

NFL Alumni was founded in 1967 and is the oldest and most recognizable national organization of retired professional athletes. NFL Alumni consists of former NFL players, coaches, executives, spouses, cheerleaders, and associate members. NFL Alumni’s mission “Caring for our Own” is to serve, assist and inform its members and their families. NFL Alumni offers a wide array of medical, financial and business programs to help members lead healthy, productive and successful lives. NFL Alumni also promotes the post-playing careers of its members and it also contributes to local community initiatives under its “Caring for Kids” programs. For more information please visit www.nflalumni.org.

About Fatheadz Eyewear:

Founded in early 2004 under the direction of Rico Elmore, Fatheadz started with exclusively catering to men with heads too large to fit in standard width sunglasses comfortably. To solve this issue, Rico created a product line with four oversized sunglasses available in varying colors. The Fatheadz has grown to encompass five distinct lines of eyewear for both, men and women, specifically tailored to serve our client base. With over 100 unique product offerings, the innovation continues to drive our customer centric business.

Key Takeaways

  • Fatheadz Eyewear caters to clients with heads too large to fit standard width eye wear.
  • Fatheadz Eyewear is offering one free pair of glasses per year to all NFLA members.
  • Fatheadz will offer all other products, including upgraded lenses optics and/or other frame styles to NFLA Members at a 50% discount.

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“It is important that NFLA create partnerships with companies our members know and love. Fatheadz has done an excellent job creating products that ...
Beasley Reece — CEO

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Beasley Reece
Alumni CEO
After a Hall of Fame college football career at the University of North Texas, Reece was drafted by the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in 1976. In 1977 Reece moved on to the New York Giants. During his six and a half highly successful seasons with the Giants, Reece served as the team’s defensive captain and was celebrated as one of the League’s fastest runners. In 1983, Reece continued his outstanding career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Retiring from the NFL in 1985, Reece began his sports broadcasting career at WTOG-TV in St. Petersburg, Florida as a sports reporter and anchor. After three years at WTOG, Reece went to WVIT-TV in Hartford, Connecticut where he earned 12 local Associated Press awards. He rejoined WTOG as sports director in 1997.
Reece added national broadcasting assignments to his list of accomplishments in 1990. He was a NFL game analyst for 14 years, splitting that time with NBC and CBS Sports. While with NBC, he served as a boxing commentator for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta, Georgia.
Active in the community, Reece has long supported a variety of charities, including the Boy Scouts of America (Beasley is a highly decorated Eagle Scout), Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Special Olympics and the American Heart Association. In addition, he volunteered many years of service as host of the Jersey Shore Boys Scouts Council Golf Tournament and the Urban Promise Golf Tournament, which raises money for youth summer programs in Camden, New Jersey.
A native of Waco, Texas, Reece is a talented singer and pianist, he has performed the National Anthem at several NFL games and for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Beasley Reece is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia and on Friday evening, November 16, 2012, he was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.
Currently, he serves as the CEO of the National Football League Alumni Association, and is a long standing member of that esteemed organization’s Board of Directors. He has been married for 41 years to Paula Fitzpatrick Reece and they have two sons and two grandchildren.
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