Induction Sport

2014 Football | Basketball | Baseball

Dick Snyder was born in North Canton and was a standout in football, basketball, and baseball at Hoover High School. Besides earning all-state honors in basketball, he was name a Parade Magazine All-American as a quarterback and was MVP of the all-star baseball series. He earned a basketball scholarship to Davidson College, where he had an outstanding career, was a two-year starter in baseball and even participated in track and field.

On the hardwood, Snyder played for legendary Coach Lefty Driesell and helped the team go 67-13 in three years. As a senior in 1966, in what was expected to a rebuilding year, Snyder led the Wildcats to a 21-7 record, their first Southern Conference championship and their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 26.9 points per game that year and was named second team All-American, third team Academic All-American and Conference Player of the Year.

Snyder ranks sixth on the Davidson career scoring list with 1,693 points. He also was a second-team All-Conference outfielder as a sophomore and junior and was drafted by the Washington Senators after college. In addition, he long and triple jumped for the Wildcats in the Southern Conference Track and Field Championships. Dick continued his basketball career in the NBA, spending 13 years with St. Louis, Phoenix, Seattle and Cleveland and had 11,755 career points. Dick ended his career with his second stint in Seattle and was part of the 1978-79 SuperSonics' World Championship team. Dick and his wife, Terie, reside in the Phoenix area where he has his own insurance agency.