Jack Snow

No. 84
Position	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born	(1943-01-25)January 25, 1943 Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Died	January 9, 2006(2006-01-09) (aged 62) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Anthony's(Long Beach, California)
College	Notre Dame
NFL draft	1965: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Career history
Minnesota Vikings (1965)* Los Angeles Rams (1965–1975)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Awards and highlights
Pro Bowl (1967) St. Louis Football Ring of Fame National champion (1964) ConsensusAll-American (1964)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions 340 Receiving yards 6,012 Receiving average 17.7 Receiving touchdowns 45 Stats atPro Football Reference

Jack Thomas Snow (January 25, 1943 – January 9, 2006) was an American professionalfootball player who playedwide receiver with theLos Angeles Rams of theNFL from 1965 to 1975. He playedcollege football for theNotre Dame Fighting Irish from 1962 through 1964.

Snow was born on January 25, 1943, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and grew up inLong Beach, California. He was a three-sport star atSt. Anthony Boys' High School, Long Beach, California, who totaled 10 varsity letters in football, baseball, and basketball, graduating in 1961. He was an All-State football player in his senior year, playing offensive and defensive end, and had a .458 batting average as a baseball player. He was named captain of the 1960 Catholic League Championship team in baseball, and in 1960 was chosen City of Long Beach Lineman of the Year. As a senior, he was also All-CIF, All-City, and All-Catholic League in football; and All-City and All-Catholic League in baseball. In 2013, he was in the inaugural class inducted into St. Anthony's Sports Hall of Fame.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Snow attended theUniversity of Notre Dame and played on the football team from 1962-1964.^[6] His most memorable college football year was his senior year, 1964.

In his senior year at Notre Dame, he was a consensusAll-American and finished fifth in theHeisman Trophy voting behind the winner, Notre Dame quarterbackJohn Huarte.^[7] It was also future college football Hall of Fame coachAra Parseghian's^[8] first season with Notre Dame.^[1] >

Parseghian made several key position switches that year. Snow had been a flanker playing out of the backfield. In 1962, he had only four receptions and in 1963, he had six receptions and three rushing attempts. In 1964, Parseghian moved him to split end. Snow lost 15 pounds to compete more effectively as a split receiver.^[1][9]

Notre Dame's passing offense in Parseghian's first season helped produce 27 team and individual records. Snow set Notre Dame season records for receptions (60), receiving yards (1,114), and touchdown catches (9).^[1] In the first game of the year, he set a record against Wisconsin with 217 receiving yards (also catching two touchdowns);^[10] breaking the previous record of 208 receiving yards in a game, set in 1955 by Jim Morse in a game against theUniversity of Southern California (on only five catches).^[11] By the end of the year, Snow also had the school's career receiving-yards record (1,242).^[1] Snow's record-breaking efforts more than doubled the old record for receiving yards in a season, and was 19 more than the previous reception record in a season.^[1] Snow also averaged nearly 37 yards per kick as the 1964 team's punter.^[1]

He was selected to the 1965College All Star team.^[10]

TheMinnesota Vikings selected Snow in the first round (he was the eighth pick overall) in the1965 NFL draft,^[12] but soon traded him to the Rams.^[13][7] Snow broke into the Rams' starting lineup in his rookie season of 1965^[1] and remained there. In 1967, he averaged a career-high 26.3 yards per reception and scored eight touchdowns on his 28 receptions.^[10] He was named to the West squad in the NFLPro Bowl in 1967,^[1][14] but did not appear in the game.

Snow gained a reputation for catching the long pass from quarterbackRoman Gabriel. In an important division game against theBaltimore Colts in October 1967, Snow caught touchdown passes of 53 and 80 yards.^[15][16] His teammate, Hall of Fame defensive endDeacon Jones, said Snow was a tough player, and one of the few receivers willing go across the middle of the field to make receptions.^[7] He remained a Rams' starter through 1974, when he started all 14 games alongsideHarold Jackson (at wide receiver),^[17] and did not start any games in 1975.^[18] In these last two years, he divided time with fellow receiversLance Rentzel, Jackson, andRon Jessie (who started 14 games in 1975 alongside Jackson).^[18] Snow finished his professional career with 340 receptions and 45 touchdowns; his 6,012 career receiving yards^[10] ranked 30th in NFL history.^[19]

Snow appeared in the 1969 motion pictureMarooned. He appeared as himself in the 1969 episode "Samantha's Shopping Spree" of the television seriesBewitched. He played Cassidy in the comedyHeaven Can Wait.^[1][20]

Following his NFL career, Snow went into the real-estate business with college roommate Bob Arboit inNewport Beach, California.^[1] He returned to the Rams as a receivers coach in 1982^[1] underRay Malavasi. In 1992, he joined Los Angeles sports-talk radio station KMPC (nowKSPN) as an analyst for Rams radio broadcasts and a daily program host.^[21][1][10] He was a radio analyst for Rams games for three seasons in Los Angeles, and then continued in that role after the team moved to St. Louis until November 2005, less than two months before his death.^[7] Snow was one of a handful of old L.A. Rams still employed by the Rams in the 2005 season.^[1]

Snow's son,J.T. Snow, was a gold glove-winning first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2008.^[10] Snow was involved with a range of charities during his adult life, and in 1970 visitedGIs during the war in Viet Nam.^[1]

Snow developed astaphylococcal infection in November 2005 and died at age 62 as a result of complications.^[22] His wife of 34 years, Merry Carole, had died of cancer in 1998.^[2]

Snow's sonJ.T. Snow is a retiredMajor League Baseball first baseman for theSan Francisco Giants andAnaheim Angels. Following the senior Snow's death, the junior Snow changed his uniform number in his father's memory while playing for theBoston Red Sox.

• Career statistics fromPro Football Reference
• Jack Snow atFind a Grave
• http://www.thesnowfoundation.org

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