Dick Snyder

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Other people|Dick Snyder|Richard Snyder (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Snyder}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Dick Snyder

| image =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 207

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|02|01}}

| birth_place = North Canton, Ohio, U.S.

| highschool = Hoover (North Canton, Ohio)

| college = Davidson (1963–1966)

| draft_year = 1966

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 14

| draft_team = St. Louis Hawks

| career_start = 1966

| career_end = 1979

| career_number = 10, 11

| career_position = Small forward / shooting guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1966|start}}–{{nbay|1967|end}}

| team1 = St. Louis Hawks

| years2 = {{nbay|1968|start}}–{{nbay|1969|start}}

| team2 = Phoenix Suns

| years3 = {{nbay|1969|start}}–{{nbay|1973|end}}

| team3 = Seattle SuperSonics

| years4 = {{nbay|1974|start}}–{{nbay|1977|start}}

| team4 = Cleveland Cavaliers

| years5 = {{nbay|1978|full=y}}

| team5 = Seattle SuperSonics

| highlights =

• NBA champion (1979)
• Consensus second-team All-American (1966)
• SoCon Player of the Year (1966)

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 11,755 (12.2 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 2,732 (2.8 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 2,767 (2.9 apg)

}}

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.{{cite web | website = Basketball Reference | title = Dick Snyder NBA stats | url= https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/snydedi01.html | publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate = 25 May 2024}} 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.{{cite web|title=2011 Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony |url=http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/wp-content/uploads/2011OBHF_Ad_v3.pdf |date=2011-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823145712/http://ohiobasketballhalloffame.com/wp-content/uploads/2011OBHF_Ad_v3.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-23 }}