Terry Snoddy

Terry Snoddy
"Terrible Terry Snowday"
Centre Praying Colonels – No. 12
PositionEnd/Halfback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1899-03-18)March 18, 1899
Owensboro, Kentucky
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
CollegeCentre (1919–1922)
Bowl games
High schoolOwensboro
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. ^ "All-Southern Elevens". Spalding Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1920–1921. pp. 41, 69, 27, 67.
  3. ^ "ESPN ranks 1921 Centre-Harvard game among college football's greatest upsets". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  4. ^ "C6-H0 plays a prominent part in nation's sports lexicon". Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 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. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Snoddy Changes Name". Times Herald. February 7, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 13, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon