Terry Snoddy Explained

Terry Snoddy
Currentnumber:12
Birth Place:Owensboro, Kentucky
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:175
Highschool:Owensboro
Birth Date:18 March 1899
Currentposition:End/Halfback
School:Centre Praying Colonels
Class:Graduate
Pastschools:Centre (1919 - 1922)
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Hall Terry Snoddy (March 18, 1899  - ?)[1] also known as Terry Snowday was a college football player.

Early years

Hall Terry Snoddy was born on March 18, 1899, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Carey Snoddy and Ruth Hall.

Centre College

Snoddy was a prominent end and halfback for the Centre Praying Colonels of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky; a member of two of its most famous teams in 1919 and 1921. Snoddy was selected to at least one All-Southern team every year he played.[2]

1919

The 1919 team went undefeated and was named a national champion by Sagarin.

1921

The 1921 team beat Harvard 6 - 0 in one of the greatest upsets in college football history.[3] [4] One account reads "Snoddy, Centre's left halfback, was literally a "John-on-the-spot" in getting under the ball. And it was Snoddy who gained when the gaining counted, by his superior speed."[5] The Colonels then played a postseason bowl game against Texas A&M known as the 1922 Dixie Classic. Snoddy scored Centre's first touchdown in the game. Centre would lose 22 to 14.

1922

In 1922 he changed his name to Snowday, the original Scotch spelling.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family Bible record of Robert Snoddy and Ann Rogers.
  2. Book: Spalding Football Guide. 1920–1921. 41, 69; 27, 67. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service . All-Southern Elevens.
  3. Web site: ESPN ranks 1921 Centre-Harvard game among college football's greatest upsets. 7 August 2008 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104033318/http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2006/c6H0morrisadvocate06.html. 4 November 2012.
  4. Web site: C6-H0 plays a prominent part in nation's sports lexicon. 7 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080705164924/http://www.centre.edu/web/news/2005/c6h0_05.html. 5 July 2008. dead.
  5. News: M'Millin Scores Touchdown Which Beats Clemson. The Wichita Daily Eagle. October 30, 1921. March 14, 2015. 11. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Snoddy Changes Name. Times Herald. February 7, 1922. March 13, 2015. Newspapers.com. 5.