Tech great, Lenny Snow, has died

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Georgia Tech great Lenny Snow dies

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Credit: Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics

GEORGIA TECH
By AJC Sports, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
7 minutes ago

Lenny Snow, a member of the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame, died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 76.
Snow, who was a first-team All-American running back for the Yellow Jackets in 1966, was inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.

Born June 11, 1946, in Columbus, Ohio, Snow grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida. He spent his adult life in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Trenton, in Dade County.

Snow is survived by his wife of 32 years, Shelia; his three daughters: Stacy Petrea (Matthew), Shelly Nooner, and Betsy Woodward (Sean); a stepson Scott Hill (Tatiana); six grandchildren; his two brothers, Lloyd “Poocho” Snow and Bradley Snow, and a host of extended family and friends. In accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral service.

Snow rushed for 1,743 yards in his career, with 18 touchdowns and accumulated 2,049 total yards and 19 touchdowns in three seasons. After his senior season, his rushing yards ranked second all-time at Tech. They still rank 24th. He led the Jackets in rushing in each of his three seasons (1965-67).

As a sophomore, Snow was named MVP of the 1965 Gator Bowl, when he rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown to help lead Tech to a 31-21 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech. The next season, he rushed for 761 yards and 12 touchdowns and caught 14 passes for 128 yards along the way to becoming a first-team All-American selection by the Football Writers Association of America. That season, the final one for legendary coach Bobby Dodd, the Jackets finished with a 9-2 record, an Orange Bowl berth and a No. 8 final national ranking.

 

[stinger78]

Very sad. Another boyhood icon is gone. Time passes quickly. RIP, Lenny!

 

[goldeagle]

Had occasion to meet Lenny through a campus youth ministry.Great guy,great ambassador for GT! RIP Lenny!

 

[UncleBee]

One of my all time favorite players. RIP, Lenny

 

[DeepSnap]

One of the "all time, all time" nice guys to ever play at GT.

First met him when Lenny, John Battle & IIRC Jim Carlen came up to Dalton to visit with the local FCA chapter & that got expanded into a school-wide assembly. Had no idea Lenny was in the NW Georgia/Chattanooga area all these years.

Glad to see his younger brother Poocho, a teammate of YeOldeDeepSnap, is still alive.

RIP #41.

 

[ClubSeats]

He was before my time, but impressive what he did, especially being a first team All-American.

 

[oldgoldbee]

One of my all-time favorite players during the Coach Dodd era! What a thrill it was to watch #41 getting a
handoff from the young left hander #18 back during the glory days of Rambling Wreck football.

RIP #41, you were one of the good ones!

 

[stinger78]

One of my all-time favorite players during the Coach Dodd era! What a thrill it was to watch #41 getting a
handoff from the young left hander #18 back during the glory days of Rambling Wreck football.

RIP #41, you were one of the good ones!

What do you want to bet Kim was waiting for Lenny when he arrived and button-holed him for his football team.

 

[GoldenIsle]

One of my childhood heroes. I remember Tech fans yelling “On the GO with Lenny Snow!”

 

[77GTFan]

A great player and person. As a kid I did love Lenny Snow. Blessings and peace to his family and friends.

 

[BrentwoodJacket]

He suffered a knee injury. Returning a kick off I believe. Anybody know the details and why it prevented him from playing in the NFL?

 

[gnats67]

My childhood TECH idol. I wanted to be Lenny Snow. #41.

 

[infinijacket]

Kim king, Lenny snow, Randall edmunds, and many others. How much better does it get?

 

[donsue]

Georgia Tech great Lenny Snow dies

Caption
Credit: Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics

GEORGIA TECH
By AJC Sports, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
7 minutes ago

Lenny Snow, a member of the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame, died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 76.
Snow, who was a first-team All-American running back for the Yellow Jackets in 1966, was inducted into the Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.

Born June 11, 1946, in Columbus, Ohio, Snow grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida. He spent his adult life in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Trenton, in Dade County.

Snow is survived by his wife of 32 years, Shelia; his three daughters: Stacy Petrea (Matthew), Shelly Nooner, and Betsy Woodward (Sean); a stepson Scott Hill (Tatiana); six grandchildren; his two brothers, Lloyd “Poocho” Snow and Bradley Snow, and a host of extended family and friends. In accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral service.

Snow rushed for 1,743 yards in his career, with 18 touchdowns and accumulated 2,049 total yards and 19 touchdowns in three seasons. After his senior season, his rushing yards ranked second all-time at Tech. They still rank 24th. He led the Jackets in rushing in each of his three seasons (1965-67).

As a sophomore, Snow was named MVP of the 1965 Gator Bowl, when he rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown to help lead Tech to a 31-21 victory over No. 10 Texas Tech. The next season, he rushed for 761 yards and 12 touchdowns and caught 14 passes for 128 yards along the way to becoming a first-team All-American selection by the Football Writers Association of America. That season, the final one for legendary coach Bobby Dodd, the Jackets finished with a 9-2 record, an Orange Bowl berth and a No. 8 final national ranking.

 

[stinger78]

Kim king, Lenny snow, Randall edmunds, and many others. How much better does it get?

...Jimmy Brown, Craig Baynham, Steve Almond, Joel Stephenson, Johnny Sias... on and on it goes. That 1966 team was a great one!

 

[cbee]

"King and Snow and away we go"

 

[donsue]

...Jimmy Brown, Craig Baynham, Steve Almond, Joel Stephenson, Johnny Sias... on and on it goes. That 1966 team was a great one!

The 1966 team and the 1962 team were both close to greatness.

 

[DeepSnap]

He suffered a knee injury. Returning a kick off I believe. Anybody know the details and why it prevented him from playing in the NFL?

Against Miami in '67 at the old Orange Bowl in a rainy 7-49 Friday night boatrace.

For some reason, Carson had Lenny returning KOs. According to what Carson told us in his pre-game speech - the only one I can remember - for the '70 game (Good Guys 31 DaU 21), Miami had intentionally injured Lenny's knee. The AJ & AC ran pics of Lenny being carried off the field.

There was no love lost between Carson and fellow ex-Dodd asst & DaU HFC Charlie Tate. That was the most emotion I ever saw Carson exhibit until 31 years later at Smylie Gebhart's funeral.

 

[stinger78]

Against Miami in '67 at the old Orange Bowl in a rainy 7-49 Friday night boatrace.

For some reason, Carson had Lenny returning KOs. According to what Carson told us in his pre-game speech - the only one I can remember - for the '70 game (Good Guys 31 DaU 21), Miami had intentionally injured Lenny's knee. The AJ & AC ran pics of Lenny being carried off the field.

There was no love lost between Carson and fellow ex-Dodd asst & DaU HFC Charlie Tate. That was the most emotion I ever saw Carson exhibit until 31 years later at Smylie Gebhart's funeral.

Carson had emotions? Who knew. I remember Lenny Snow going down and thinking there goes our season. Then Kim King broke his hand, right? Or was that '68? Man, the years are piling up.

 

[DeepSnap]

Carson had emotions? Who knew. I remember Lenny Snow going down and thinking there goes our season. Then Kim King broke his hand, right? Or was that '68? Man, the years are piling up.

King was gone by '68, so it must have been '67.

Larry Good was the featured QB in '68 until he messed up a knee mid-season. LG didn't return til the 8-47 loss in the Cesspool. At one point after Larry's injury, we were playing our 5th, 6th and 7th string QB. One even got called out of the stands at halftime of the Navy monsoon game to report to the GT dressing room.