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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | August 18, 1941 Garfield, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Carle Place (North Hempstead, New York) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1964 / Round: 4 / Pick: 49 | ||||||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | ||||||||||||
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Matthews Snell (born August 18, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was Jets' owner Sonny Werblin's first coup, prior to his 1965 acquisition of Joe Namath. A powerful fullback out of Ohio State University, Snell's 1964 signing jolted the crosstown Giants, who didn't draft Snell until the fourth round, and offered him a fraction of what the Jets gave him as their first-round choice.