1911–1914 Lebanon Valley 1936–1944 Cornell 1921 Marietta (backfield) Name Carl Snavely | 1927–1933 Bucknell Role American football player 1934–1935 North Carolina Education Lebanon Valley College | |
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Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball Born July 30, 1894
Omaha, Nebraska ( 1894-07-30 ) Died July 12, 1975, St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
Maryland vs North Carolina, Football - November 15, 1947
Carl Gray "The Grey Fox" Snavely (July 30, 1894 – July 12, 1975) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Bucknell University (1927–1933), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1934–1935, 1945–1952), Cornell University (1936–1944), and Washington University in St. Louis (1953–1958), compiling a career college football record of 180–96–16. Snavely was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1965.
From 1927 to 1933, Snavely served as the head football coach at Bucknell, where he compiled a 42–16–8 record. From 1934 to 1935, and from 1945 to 1952, he served as the head football coach at North Carolina, where he compiled a 59–35–5 record. He was a proponent of the single wing offense. From 1936 to 1944, he served as the head football coach at Cornell, where he compiled a 46–26–3 record. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He was a 1915 graduate of Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania where he played four years on the football team. He was a 1976 inductee into their athletic Hall of Fame.