Terry Snoddy
 "Terrible Terry Snowday" | |
| Centre Praying Colonels – No. 12 | |
|---|---|
| Position | End/Halfback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 18, 1899 Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Centre (1919–1922) |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | Owensboro |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Hall Terry Snoddy (March 18, 1899 – ?)[1] also known as Terry Snowday was a college football player.
Early years
[edit]Hall Terry Snoddy was born on March 18, 1899, in Owensboro, Kentucky, to Carey Snoddy and Ruth Hall.
Centre College
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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 Scotch 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.
