Terry Snoddy
 "Terrible Terry Snowday" | |
| No. 12 | |
|---|---|
| Position | End/Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 18, 1899 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Owensboro |
| College | Centre (1919–1922) |
| Awards and highlights | |
Hall Terry Snoddy (March 18, 1899 – ?)[1] also known as Terry Snowday was an American college football player.
Early life
[edit]Hall Terry Snoddy was born on March 18, 1899, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Carey Snoddy and Ruth Hall.
Centre College
[edit]
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
[edit]The 1919 team went undefeated and was named a national champion by Sagarin.
1921
[edit]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
[edit]In 1922 he changed his name to Snowday, the original Scottish spelling.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Family Bible record of Robert Snoddy and Ann Rogers".
- ↑ "All-Southern Elevens". Spalding Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1920–1921. pp. 41, 69, 27, 67.
- ↑ "ESPN ranks 1921 Centre-Harvard game among college football's greatest upsets". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
- ↑ "C6-H0 plays a prominent part in nation's sports lexicon". Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
- ↑ "M'Millin Scores Touchdown Which Beats Clemson". The Wichita Daily Eagle. October 30, 1921. p. 11. Retrieved March 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Snoddy Changes Name". Times Herald. February 7, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.