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Harvey R. Snyder (October 17, 1880 – November 26, 1937) was an American football player and coach.

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Harvey Snyder

Biographical details
Born	(1880-10-17)October 17, 1880 Mapleton, Ohio
Died	November 26, 1937(1937-11-26) (aged 57) Lakewood, Ohio
Alma mater	Harvard (1905) Harvard Law School (1908)
Playing career
Football
1905	Harvard
Basketball
1904–1905	Harvard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1910	Oberlin
1911–1913	Western Reserve
Head coaching record
Overall	33–22–11
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 OAC (1909–1910)

Snyder grew up in Stark County, Ohio, and attended Mount Union College as a preparatory school, before enrolling as a sophomore at Harvard University in 1902. He played both football and basketball at Harvard. During the 1904–05 basketball season, he led the team in scoring.[1] He graduated with his bachelor's degree in 1905. Snyder then attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1908. On May 20, 1910, Snyder married Mount Union alumna Charlotte Bracher in Alliance, Ohio, and together they had two children, Mary Katherine and Grace Olive.[2]

Coaching

While in law school, Snyder returned to Ohio to coach Oberlin college football in 1906 and remained there for five seasons. Most notably, Snyder lead Oberlin to two Ohio Athletic Conference championships in 1909 and 1910.[3] The Oberlin championship teams were led by star players T. Nelson Metcalf and Glen Gray.

In 1911, he moved on to the Western Reserve football team in nearby Cleveland, coaching for three seasons.[4]

Later Years

Snyder left football in 1913 to focus on his law firm in Downtown Cleveland. Snyder was heavily involved in Freemasonry, where he was a found member of Lakewood, Ohio's Clifton Lodge #664.[5] Snyder served as the Master in 1927.[6] Sydney was heavily involved with the Knights of Pythias, achieving the position of Grand Chancellor of Ohio in 1934.[7]

Sydney died on November 26, 1937 in Lakewood, Ohio.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Oberlin Yeomen (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1906–1910)
1906	Oberlin	1–3–3	1–1–3	T–2nd
1907	Oberlin	6–2	3–1	3rd
1908	Oberlin	3–4	2–2	5th
1909	Oberlin	5–1–1	4–0–1	1st
1910	Oberlin	5–1–2	3–0–1	1st
Oberlin:		20–11–6	13–4–5
Western Reserve (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1911–1913)
1911	Western Reserve	4–3–4	1–3–2	7th
1912	Western Reserve	5–4	4–1	3rd
1913	Western Reserve	4–4–1	3–2–1	6th
Western Reserve:		13–11–5	8–6–3
Total:		33–22–11
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

External links

• Harvey Snyder at Find a Grave

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