# Steve Snape

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{{short description|English rugby league footballer}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Steve Snape
|fullname       = Steven Edward Snape
|image          = Steve_Snape_Swinton_Lions.jpg
|image_size     = 250px
|caption        =
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1963|9|17|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [Manchester](/source/Manchester), England
|height         = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
|weight         =
|position       = [Left centre](/source/Rugby_league_positions)
|club1          = [Swinton Lions](/source/Swinton_Lions)
|year1start     = 1984
|year1end       = 92
|appearances1   = 216
|tries1         = 49
|goals1         = 1
|fieldgoals1    = 2
|points1        = 200
|retired        = yes
|source         = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/steve-snape/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2018|accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Rugby league records |id=22192 |title=Steve Snape |access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref>
}}

'''Steve Snape''' (born 17 September 1963) is an English former professional [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions), as a left-{{rlp|ce}} or {{rlp|so}}, and occasionally as a right-{{rlp|ce}}.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/>

==Background==
Steve Snape was born in [Manchester](/source/Manchester), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), England.

==Playing career==
Steve Snape played in [Swinton](/source/Swinton_Lions)'s victory in the [Championship Second Division](/source/Rugby_Football_League_Championship_Second_Division) during the [1984–85 season](/source/1984%E2%80%9385_Rugby_Football_League_season) and earned promotion from the Championship Second Division to the [Championship First Division](/source/Rugby_Football_League_Championship_First_Division),<ref name="Celebrate 25th anniversary of Swinton’s championship">{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/other-sport/celebrate-25th-anniversary-of-swintons-championship-892733|title=Celebrate 25th anniversary of Swinton’s championship|publisher=manchestereveningnews.co.uk|date=24 June 2010|accessdate=1 January 2011}}</ref> finishing [runner-up](/source/runner-up) during the [1986–87 season](/source/1986%E2%80%9387_Rugby_Football_League_season) and earned promotion from the Championship Second Division to the Championship First Division, and finishing third during the [1990–91 Rugby Football League season](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_Rugby_Football_League_season) and earned promotion from the Championship Second Division to the Championship First Division. His career with Swinton was brought to a somewhat premature end during the [1992–93 season](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_Rugby_Football_League_season) following disagreements with the club's board, regarding the sale of the [Station Road](/source/Station_Road%2C_Swinton) stadium, and the club's subsequent move to [Gigg Lane](/source/Gigg_Lane) in [Bury, Greater Manchester](/source/Bury%2C_Greater_Manchester).{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}

==References==
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Category:1963 births
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Category:English rugby league players
Category:Rugby league centres
Category:Rugby league five-eighths
Category:Rugby league players from Manchester
Category:Swinton Lions players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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