37 Facts About Norm Snead

Norman Bailey Snead was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.

Norm Snead played for the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers.

Norm Snead played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was the second overall selection of the 1961 NFL draft.

Norm Snead attended Warwick High School, where he was a three-sport star athlete.

Norm Snead won all six pitching decisions as a sophomore and junior, and he averaged 23 points in basketball as a senior, scoring 41 in one game.

Norm Snead was named second-team all-state, and graduated in 1957.

Norm Snead attended Wake Forest University, where he set 15 conference single-game, season and career passing records.

In 1958, Norm Snead was named the second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback, and in 1959 and 1960 he earned first-team All-ACC honors.

In 1960, Norm Snead was named second-team All-American as a quarterback by UPI and the Football Writers Association of America.

Norm Snead was named to the Pro Bowl on four occasions: in 1962,1963,1965, and in 1972, during the last of which he led the NFL in completion percentage and was second in passer rating.

Norm Snead was drafted by both the National Football League and the American Football League, and Norm Snead elected to join the Redskins, who selected him second overall.

Norm Snead had three games with at least three interceptions and the team did not win a game until the season finale against the upstart Dallas Cowboys.

Norm Snead threw 11 touchdowns to 22 interceptions for 2,337 yards.

Norm Snead was in the top ten for pass attempts, completions, yards, and interceptions.

Norm Snead would improve slightly for the next season, as he would throw for 2,926 yards with 22 touchdowns and interceptions as he won five games for the Redskins, and it was good enough for a selection to the Pro Bowl.

In seven seasons with the Eagles, Norm Snead was the primary starter for each season, although the result would be that Norm Snead was part of another team in a decades-long slump.

Norm Snead started the first nine games of his first season with the team before starting one of the final five games.

Norm Snead threw for 1,096 yards while throwing 14 touchdowns to 12 interceptions as the Eagles won six games.

The Eagles continued their spin in 1965, as Norm Snead started 10 games and won 4 while throwing 2,346 yards for 15 touchdowns to thirteen interceptions and garnered a Pro Bowl selection.

Norm Snead threw 8 touchdowns to 11 interceptions for 1,275 yards.

Norm Snead led the league in interceptions twice during that span.

However, Norm Snead was traded away after the 1970 season, going to a growing power in Minnesota, who at that time had just Gary Cuozzo as quarterback.

Norm Snead was traded from the Eagles to the Vikings for Steve Smith, second- and sixth-round selections in 1971 and a 1972 third-round pick on January 28,1971.

Norm Snead made appearances at quarterback for seven games while starting two of them.

Norm Snead was dealt along with Bob Grim, Vince Clements, a first rounder in 1972 and a second rounder in 1973 from the Vikings to the Giants for Fran Tarkenton one year later on January 27,1972; this made him one of few quarterbacks to be part of two trades for eventual Hall of Fame quarterbacks.

Norm Snead would start in 13 of 14 games for the Giants in 1972, and it was his last good run.

Norm Snead threw for 2,307 yards while leading the league in completion percentage while throwing 17 touchdowns to 12 interceptions, the first time he had more touchdowns than interceptions since 1967.

Norm Snead led the league in interceptions with 22 while throwing for 1,483 yards.

Norm Snead would start four games for the Giants the following year before being traded to San Francisco, where he made one start.

The trade on October 22,1974, began a chain reaction of quarterback trades, where Norm Snead was sent from the Giants to the San Francisco 49ers for a third rounder in 1975 and a fourth rounder in 1976.

Norm Snead dislodged Joe Reed who went from the 49ers to the Detroit Lions and was replaced by Craig Morton who was acquired by the Giants from the Dallas Cowboys.

Norm Snead would take part in one of the strangest wins ever for a quarterback.

Norm Snead was the last quarterback to win a game with a passer rating of zero.

Norm Snead was the first quarterback to have lost 100 games as a starter.

Norm Snead appeared or started in 178 games and threw at least one interception in 131 of them.

Norm Snead retired from playing in 1977 and was hired as the head football coach at The Apprentice School in Newport News, Virginia.

Norm Snead died at age 84 in Naples, Florida, on January 14,2024.