Tech great, Lenny Snow, has died

DeepSnap said:
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.
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Snow was a great back...sub ten flat speed and a slasher......remember his last game vs dogs......he ran and ran and ran ..a good one left us too early
 
Story in Chattanooga paper says Snow was drafted (by the Vikings?) but never played because of injury.
 
donsue said:
The 1966 team and the 1962 team were both close to greatness.
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If Dodd had stayed around one more year, the 67 team would have been very good. A lot of talent was returning from that 66 squad. I’m really surprised that Dodd didn’t stay for King & Snow’s senior year.
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
Georgia Tech great Lenny Snow dies
Grant Field at Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium, Sept. 1, 2020. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)'s Bobby Dodd Stadium, Sept. 1, 2020. (Danny Karnik/Georgia Tech Athletics)

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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.
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Names like Lenny Snow, Billy Lothridge, Stan Gann, and Kim King in football and Roger Kaiser in basketball bring back a lot of memories to me. Those guys were on the tail end of an era when Tech was consistently one of the leading college sports programs in America. At that time, Tech had only had three football coaches in its history, Heismann, Alexander and Dodd. And tickets to Grant Field and Alexander Memorial Colosseum were coveted. It was a time when Tech was expected to be good. Auburn and Clemson came to Grant Field every year, and many years Tech played nine home games. One of the few good things about being old is having witnessed those days.
 
CiraldoForever said:
Names like Lenny Snow, Billy Lothridge, Stan Gann, and Kim King in football and Roger Kaiser in basketball bring back a lot of memories to me. Those guys were on the tail end of an era when Tech was consistently one of the leading college sports programs in America. At that time, Tech had only had three football coaches in its history, Heismann, Alexander and Dodd. And tickets to Grant Field and Alexander Memorial Colosseum were coveted. It was a time when Tech was expected to be good. Auburn and Clemson came to Grant Field every year, and many years Tech played nine home games. One of the few good things about being old is having witnessed those days.
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Very well said!
 
He's been my icon on all the Tech boards for a long time. I even tried to imitate his Heisman like publicity pose for my HS football pic.
Will always remember the Sun Bowl when the press leading up to the game, were saying "Anderson is coming--Anderson is coming", and then after the game saying...... "Snow was here!"
 
gnats67 said:
That's what we should be wearing. Hopefully CBK will bring back a little more tradition in that department.
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You got that right my friend.......we wear same umis for 50 yrs and then we wear grey and all bue etc..look round the big teams that win leave unis alone....Tide took numbers off sleeves and changed helmets one time during bear days
 
mack said:
You got that right my friend.......we wear same umis for 50 yrs and then we wear grey and all bue etc..look round the big teams that win leave unis alone....Tide took numbers off sleeves and changed helmets one time during bear days
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Ohio State, Bama, AU, UT, USC, ND, uga, etc. etc. don't seem to have problems getting today's players to come there, which has been the excuse given for years. Iow, the uniforms are not the difference and never have been. Yes there are other issues, big ones, but why make lack of tradition an additional one ?
 
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