Matt Snell - #41 - FB - Ohio State - Profile

PRO: This allrunning back endured the most frustrating season a pro athlete could have in 1971. .. injured in the pre-season, Snell did not carry the ball from scrimmage at all and only was active for five games ... to compound his frustration, Snell had made a fine recovery from the Achilles tendon rupture which put him out of the 1970 campaign after only three games ... his training camp rehabilitation was moving rapidly when he was struck above the right knee in the preseason game with Kansas City by Willie Lanier and Ceasar Belser ... diagnosed as a severe bruise, he injury did not heal quickly and Snell spent 9 games on the move list ... while he was active, Snell was used mainly on the special teams, notably the kickoff unit, and was a blocking back on a few downs ... the medical word on him now is that he will be healthy for '72 ... was off to his greatest start ever in 1970 (281 yards) in three games when he was spun out of bounds at Buffalo and injured he Achilles ... he had similarly been off to a good start in 1967 when he tore the cartilage in his knee also against Buffalo has led the Jets in rushing five of his eight years was combined all-pro by he writers and all-AFL following the '69 season and was second-team all-pro by the league coaches has rushed for 4285 yards and 24 TDs in career also ranks fifth in all-time Jet receiving with 193 for 1379 yards ... holds Jet record for single season rushing-948 in 'M-and for single game rushing-180 vs. Houston the same year Joe Namath's nomination for Super Bowl MVP is called the "complete ballplayer" by Weeb Ewbank, who also says Snell is "the best pass protector in football" ... finished among the op 10 rushers in the AFL five times and top 10 receiver three times ... AFL "Rookie of the Year" in 1964 ... N0. 1 draft choice of Jets, No. 3 of Giants in '64.

PERSONAL: Married ... wife, Sharon ... son, Beau Travis, 2.. :makes year-round home in New Rochelle partner in DEFCO Securities, Inc. in New York owns a restaurant in New York City, "Matt Snell's Fifth Down" ... honored for his anti- drug work by being invited to the White House to meet with President Nixon ... was all-Met per- former at Carle Place High on Long Island ... Hometown: Locust Valley, N.Y.

From 1972 Jets yearbook.