Terry Snoddy

Terry Snoddy

"Terrible Terry Snowday"
Centre Praying Colonels No. 12
Position End/Halfback
Class Graduate
Career history
College Centre (1919–1922)
Bowl games
Personal information
Date of birth (1899-03-18)March 18, 1899
Place of birth Owensboro, Kentucky
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career highlights and awards

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 holding blanket the day before the historic defeat of Harvard.

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Family Bible record of Robert Snoddy and Ann Rogers".
  2. ↑ e. g. "All-Southern Elevens". Spalding Football Guide. 1920, 1921. pp. 41, 69; 27, 67. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "ESPN ranks 1921 Centre-Harvard game among college football's greatest upsets". Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "C6-H0 plays a prominent part in nation's sports lexicon". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "M'Millin Scores Touchdown Which Beats Clemson". The Wichita Daily Eagle. October 30, 1921. p. 11. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Snoddy Changes Name". Times Herald. February 7, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
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