Allen Snyder (coach)

Allen Snyder
Biographical details
Born(1899-07-30)July 30, 1899
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 27, 1963(1963-04-27) (aged 63)
Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1918–1920Wooster
PositionQuarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921New Philadelphia HS (OH)
1922Bowling Green
Basketball
1921–1922New Philadelphia HS (OH)
1922–1923Bowling Green
Baseball
1922New Philadelphia HS (OH)
1923Bowling Green
Head coaching record
Overall4–2–1 (college football)
9–4 (college basketball)
5–3 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 NOL (1922)

Allen Walton Snyder (July 30, 1899 – April 27, 1963) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He was the fourth head football coach at Bowling Green State Normal School—now known as Bowling Green State University—serving for one season in 1922 and compiling a record of 4–2–1. Snyder was also the head basketball coach at Bowling Green State Normal during the 1922–23 season, tallying a mark of 9–4, and the school's head baseball coach in the spring of 1923, notching a record of 5–3.

Snyder was born in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. He played college football as a quarterback at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio before graduating in 1921.[1] He was named the most valuable player of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) in 1920.[2][3]

Snyder began his coaching career in 1921 at New Philadelphia High School in New Philadelphia, Ohio, where he coached football, basketball, and baseball.[4][5][6] After a year at New Philadelphia, he moved on to Bowling Green.[7]

After leaving coaching, Snyder returned to his home town of Vandergrift, where he ran a paint and wallpaper store. He went back to his alma mater, Wooster, in 1958, as the director of alumni relations for the college. Snyder died on April 27, 1963, at Wooster Hospital, after suffering a heart attack.[8]

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Bowling Green Normals (Northwest Ohio League) (1922)
1922 Bowling Green 4–2–12–0–11st
Bowling Green: 4–2–12–0–1
Total:4–2–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. ↑ "Allen Snyder Of Wooster Dies". Galion Inquirer. Galion, Ohio. United Press International. April 29, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ↑ "Sporting Column; Allen Snyder A Wonder". The Gettysburg Times. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. December 7, 1920. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ "Ohio Grid Star Rides Ground In Gas Buggy Now". Fresno Herald. Fresno, California. December 10, 1920. p. 12. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ↑ "High Gridders Play Ten Games". The Daily Times. New Philadelphia, Ohio. August 5, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ↑ "High Basketball Team Banqueted". The Daily Times. New Philadelphia, Ohio. March 30, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ↑ "First High Game On Friday, Apr. 21". The Daily Times. New Philadelphia, Ohio. April 13, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ↑ "Allen W. Snyder To Coach College Athletic Teams". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. Bowling Green, Ohio. August 14, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ↑ "Allen W. Snyder, 63, Wooster, Ex-BGSU Athletic Coach, Dies". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. Bowling Green, Ohio. April 29, 1963. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2026 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ↑ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Allen W. Snyder; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
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