Dick Snyder

Richard J. Snyder Jr. (born February 1, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the St. Louis Hawks, Phoenix Suns, Seattle SuperSonics, and Cleveland Cavaliers. Snyder graduated from Davidson College and was drafted by the Hawks in the second round of the 1966 NBA draft. A solid shooting guard who also played small forward on occasion, Snyder achieved his greatest basketball successes with the SuperSonics franchise.

During the early 1970s, Snyder was often among the league leaders in field goal percentage. Perhaps his best season statistically was the 1970–71 season when he averaged 19.4 points per game and was fifth in the league in both field goal and free throw percentage. Traded to Cleveland after the 1974 season, Snyder returned to the SuperSonics in his final season in 1978–79 where he earned an NBA championship ring.

Snyder was a star football, baseball, and basketball player in high school and also pitched and played outfield for Davidson's baseball team. In 2011, he was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.

Career statistics

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
Template:Nbay	St. Louis	55		12.3	.432	.754	1.7	1.1			6.1
Template:Nbay	St. Louis	75		21.6	.419	.772	2.6	2.2			8.6
Template:Nbay	Phoenix	81		26.0	.472	.725	4.0	2.6			12.1
Template:Nbay	Phoenix	6*		24.5	.489	.875	2.5	1.5			8.5
Template:Nbay	Seattle	76*		30.1	.531	.810	4.1	4.4			13.6
Template:Nbay	Seattle	82		34.4	.531	.837	3.1	4.3			19.4
Template:Nbay	Seattle	73		34.7	.529	.842	3.1	3.9			16.6
Template:Nbay	Seattle	82*		37.3	.463	.861	3.9	3.8			13.8
Template:Nbay	Seattle	74		36.1	.481	.866	4.1	3.6	1.2	.4	18.1
Template:Nbay	Cleveland	82		31.6	.504	.846	2.9	3.4	.8	.5	14.2
Template:Nbay	Cleveland	82	82	27.7	.501	.824	2.4	2.7	.7	.4	12.6
Template:Nbay	Cleveland	82		20.5	.456	.852	1.8	2.0	.5	.4	9.3
Template:Nbay	Cleveland	58		11.4	.444	.875	.8	1.0	.4	.3	4.8
Template:Nbay†	Seattle	56		9.6	.433	.843	.9	1.1	.3	.1	3.7
Career		964	82	26.6	.488	.824	2.8	2.9	.7	.4	12.2

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	STL	BLK	PPG
1967	St. Louis	1	2.0	–	–	.0	.0			.0
1968	St. Louis	4	15.5	.455	.800	1.3	1.0			6.0
1976	Cleveland	13	28.0	.451	.818	2.2	2.4	.8	.5	12.0
1977	Cleveland	3	17.7	.296	.400	1.7	1.3	.3	.7	6.0
1978	Cleveland	1	3.0	–	–	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
1979†	Seattle	9	9.8	.323	.667	1.2	1.1	.4	.3	2.9
Career		31	18.5	.416	.732	1.6	1.6	.6	.4	7.2

External links

• Career statistics
• Dick Snyder statistics at NBA.COM
• Dick Snyder: Still the Standard in North Canton
• Dick Snyder's Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Speech