Philadelphia (AP) — Norm Snead, an NFL quarterback for 16 seasons in the 1960s and 1970s and a four-time Pro Bowl pick, has died. He was 84.
A Wake Forest football spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Monday that Snead’s family informed the school that he died on Sunday. The reason of death was not disclosed.
Washington selected Snead second overall in the 1961 NFL selection, while the Buffalo Bills took him 33rd in the American Football League draft the same year. He selected Washington and spent three seasons there, making two Pro Bowl appearances, before being sold to the Philadelphia Eagles for Sonny Jurgensen and Claude Crabb.
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who led Philadelphia to a league title in 1960, became the franchise’s face in Washington, was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and served as the team’s broadcaster for decades. Snead spent seven seasons with the Eagles during a time when they never made the playoffs. Despite this, he was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1965, when he passed for 15 touchdowns and 2,346 yards and led a league-high three game-winning drives for a club that finished 5-9.
He hopped around near the conclusion of his career, spending one season with Minnesota, two and a half with the New York Giants, and one and a half with San Francisco. He returned to the Giants in 1976 before retiring in 1977.
Snead went 52-100-7 in 159 NFL starts, scoring 196 touchdowns. His 257 interceptions are sixth on the career list.
He was named All-ACC twice and set over a dozen conference records during his three years at Wake Forest (1958-60). Snead once remarked, “I couldn’t run and couldn’t get out of my own way, but I could throw the football.”
A native of Halifax County, Virginia, played football, basketball, and baseball at Warwick High School.
He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
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