The Bristol Sports Hall of Fame will be honoring eight inductees at the Hall’s induction dinner on November 22. This year’s honorees represent the best of Bristol in their varied accomplishments.
TBE will be introducing our readers to two inductees in each of four articles over the next two weeks.
The inductees this year are Jeff Bashaw, Russ Carter, Bob Fallon, Taylor Losey, Bunty Ray, Beth Rotko, Rick Schmaltz and Cliff Snow III.
We will present the inductees in reverse alphabetical order.
Today we cover Cliff Snow III and Rick Schmaltz.
Cliff Snow III
Cliff Snow is a graduate of St. Paul, where he played football for the school’s first undefeated regular season team in 1976.
He was an All-Hartford County honoree as a defensive back for the Falcons when the team made an appearance in the first ever state championship game in 1976.
Snow went on to play defensive back at Central Connecticut, where he registered eight career interceptions and one fumble recovery.
After serving as an assistant football coach at the Gilbert School and then head coach at Windsor High School, he became an assistant coach at UConn, where he briefly served as the interim head coach between Skip Holtz and Randy Edsall.
Snow enjoyed a long career as a coach and administrator in college football.
At the University of South Carolina, he was special assistant to the head coach of football operations. He served as Director of Football Operations at East Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Texas and South Florida.
During his career he has worked with teams in more than a dozen Bowl Games and won several Conference championships.
Rick Schmaltz
Rick Schmaltz was an All-State receiver with the Bristol Eastern Lancers in 1970.
Schmaltz began his athletic career in the Forestville Little League where he played on the 1964 District 5 champion team.He also played for Bristol Midget football.
He was named to the All-CCIL football team in 1969 and 1970 while playing for the Lancers. Schmaltz still holds the record of eight receptions for 160 yards in the Thanksgiving Day game of 1970.
He went on to play football at St. Thomas Moore School, where he earned All New England Prep honors. Schmaltz then played four years with the University of Maryland, graduating in 1977. During his career at Maryland, the Terrapins won 24 straight ACC games and appeared in the Peach, Liberty, Gator and Cotton Bowls.
Schmaltz later played for the New Britain Flag Football champions and has been an A.S.A. certified umpire for the town of Southington since 1995.
The BSHOF Induction Dinner is sold out. There are no tickets available.
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