Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Snow | ||
Date of birth | June 23, 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1990 | Indiana Hoosiers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991 | Miami Freedom | 11 | (5) |
1991–1995 | Chicago Power (indoor) | 140 | (151) |
1995 | Tampa Bay Terror (indoor) | 16 | (18) |
1995–1997 | Detroit Neon (indoor) | ||
1998–1999 | St. Louis Steamers (indoor) | 28 | (56) |
1999 | Philadelphia KiXX (indoor) | 13 | (18) |
National team | |||
1988 | United States | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Kenneth “Ken” Snow (born June 23, 1969) is a former U.S. soccer forward who was a two-time winner of the Hermann Trophy as the outstanding college soccer player in 1988 and 1990. He had an eight-year professional career playing indoor soccer in the United States.
Ken Snow was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He grew up in Illinois and attended Hoffman Estates High School from 1983 to 1986 where he played soccer. While at Hoffman, Snow scored in 47 consecutive games, ranking him second, after his brother Steve Snow, on the Illinois High School Association's list of consecutive matches scored in. Ken also ranks #9 on the Illinois state career goals list with 128 goals and #16 on the season (1985) goal scoring list with 49 goals.
After graduating from high school, Snow attended Indiana University where he played NCAA soccer. He was a four-time, first-team All American and a two-time winner of the Hermann Trophy in 1988, the same year Indiana won the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship, and again in 1990. He finished his college playing career with 84 goals and 28 assists and a school record 196 points.
Like many minor league ball players in any sport, Ken Snow's career is difficult to follow at times as he bounced between a half dozen teams in five leagues over his career.
After leaving Indiana, Snow signed with the Miami Freedom of the American Professional Soccer League where he scored five goals in eleven games. He was then drafted by the Chicago Power of the indoor National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). Snow played four seasons with the Power, his most productive coming during the 1994-1995 season when he led his team in scoring with 56 goals in 40 games. The next leading scorer, Tony Sanneh, had 27 goals. This led to his selection as an NPSL All Star at the February 1995 All Star game.