Euil Snider Explained

Euil Snider
Sport:Sprinting
Event:400 metres
Birth Date:9 December 1905
Birth Place:Adger, Alabama, United States

Euil "Snitz" Snider (December 9, 1905 – February 9, 1978) was an American sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] He graduated from Oak Grove High School in Jefferson County, Alabama and was on the track team at Auburn University. He was the head football coach at Bessemer High School from 1933 to 1963 and was later inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Snider died on February 9, 1978.[2] In 1972, Bessemer Stadium where he had coached the Tigers for thirty years was renamed "Snitz Snider Stadium" in his honor.

Notes and References

  1. Emil Snider Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sn/emil-snider-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . July 23, 2017.
  2. News: . Snitz Snider Dies . . . February 10, 1978 . 23 . November 26, 2018 . .