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Ronald Wayne Snidow (December 30, 1941 – May 17, 2009) was an American professional
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in the
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(NFL) for the
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and
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. He attended
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in California. He played
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at the
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. The Washington Redskins selected Snidow in the third round of the
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. After five seasons with the Redskins, he was traded to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a second round draft choice, just prior to the opening of the 1968 season. Snidow was first-team All-Pro with the Browns in 1969. He appeared in 126 career regular season games. After suffering a broken leg while playing with the Browns, he retired at the end of the 1972 season, having played 10 years in the NFL. After retiring from the NFL, Snidow worked as a commercial real estate broker in Southern California, until he retired. In 2008, Snidow was diagnosed with
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, which he died from a year later on May 17, 2009, while on a vacation cruise off the coast of Italy on the island of
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.Ex-Brown Snidow dies
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* 1941 births 2009 deaths American football defensive tackles Cleveland Browns players Oregon Ducks football players Washington Redskins players Players of American football from Newport News, Virginia Deaths from motor neuron disease Neurological disease deaths in Tuscany 20th-century American sportsmen {{defensive-lineman-1940s-stub