Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 04:12:59 :
Oregon Quarterly: The Magazine of the University of Oregon
Ronald W. Snidow ’63, M.S. ’69, a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and co-captain of the 1963 football team, died of complications from Lou Gehrig’s disease. Snidow played for ten years in the NFL before settling in Southern California, where he worked in commercial real estate. He and his wife, Marcia Williams ’64, a member of Delta Gamma, raised two sons in Irvine, California. Snidow was inducted into the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame this fall.
Ron Snidow
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Ron Snidow Date of birth: December 30, 1941
Place of birth: Newport News, Virginia
Date of death: May 17, 2009 (aged 67)
Place of death: Italy
Career information
Position(s): Defensive tackle
College: Oregon
AFL Draft: 1963 / Round: 10 / Pick: 76
(by the Buffalo Bills)
NFL Draft: 1963 / Round: 3 / Pick: 35
Organizations
As player:
1963-1967
1968-1972 Washington Redskins
Cleveland Browns
Playing stats at NFL.com
Ronald Wayne Snidow (December 30, 1941 – May 17, 2009) was a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns. He attended San Rafael High School in California. He played college football at the University of Oregon. The Washington Redskins drafted Snidow in the third round of the 1963 NFL draft. After five seasons with the Redskins, he was traded to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a second round draft choice, just prior to the opening of the 1968 season. Snidow was first-team All-Pro with the Browns in 1969. He appeared in 126 career regular season games. After suffering a broken leg while playing with the Browns, he retired at the end of the 1972 season, having played 10 years in the NFL. After retiring from the NFL, Snidow worked as a commercial real estate broker in Southern California, until he retired. In 2008, Ron Snidow was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, which he would die from a year later on May 17, 2009 while on a vacation cruise off the coast of Italy on the island of Elba.[1]
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