Larry Snyder (athletics coach)

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Lawrence "Larry" Snyder (born August 9, 1896 in Canton (Ohio) , † September 25, 1982 ) was an American hurdler , trainer and officer in the US Air Force . He was best known for coaching Jesse Owens .

Larry Snyder is portrayed by Jason Sudeikis in the film Time for Legends About Jesse Owens .

Military career

Snyder was an aerobatic pilot after high school . He volunteered in 1916 as a flight instructor in the US Army for the First World War . During World War II he was an instructor in the US Navy .

Career in sport

After World War I, Snyder enrolled at Ohio State University , where he was one of the best American 110-meter hurdlers from 1920 to 1924. Because he was injured in a plane crash, he was unable to take part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris . He ended his own career and started working as a coach. From 1932 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1965 he was the head coach of Ohio State University. Its athletes have won 8 Olympic gold medals, set 14 world records and been named All American 52 times . His athletes included u. a. Jesse Owens , Dave Albritton , Mal Whitfield and Glenn Davis . Snyder was assistant coach for the American Olympic team at the 1952 Summer Olympics and head coach for the athletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics . He was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hall of Fame. USATF, September 25, 1982, accessed January 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Race Chronicles Jesse Owens's Rise to Olympic Glory. In: The New York Times . February 18, 2016, accessed January 30, 2018 .
  3. ^ A b Larry Snyder, USTFCCCA Special Inductee ::: US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Ustfccca, October 7, 2013, accessed January 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Because of the American amateur regulations at the time , a coach was automatically a professional, cf. Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 5th March 2017
  5. ↑ Track & Field results for the 1960 Summer Olympics. Databasesports.com, accessed March 5, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Snyder, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snyder, Lawrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hurdler, trainer, and US Air Force officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Canton (Ohio)
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1982