Football can lead players into many directions, but when David Snow played his first league game for Subiaco in 1990, he would have had no idea that he was embarking on a career that would culminate in selection for the All Asian side. “It's a good competition up here,” he told us over a Singapore Sling at the Raffles. “There are teams in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, China, and Bali, mainly made up of Australian expatriots, and we have an annual championship. I play with the Singapore Wombats.” Selection in the All Asia side may not be up there with the Simpson Medal he won playing in the centre at  Subiaco Oval for Western Australia against South Australia in 1996, but at thirty eight, David was happy with the honour.   You could say that David Snow had football in his blood, albeit a different code, because his father, Peter, represented the State at rugby, where he was vice captain of the Western Australian Colts. Tragically, Snow senior suffered a bad leg injury in a car accident soon after, which ended a promising career. Snow junior obviously inheritated some of Dad's sports genes, and didn't waste much time in showing them off.  Playing in the Western Bulldog colours of Northern Districts juniors(later Warwick-Greenwood Knights), in the Subiaco district, he was an outstanding junior, winning fairest and best trophies in 1983 and 84, selected in district combined sides in 85, 86, and 87, captain of the under sixteens premiership side in 1988, and became the first player from Northern Districts to graduate to league football. In 1989 he captained Christchurch College, was part of a Subiaco colts premiership, and represented Western Australia in the Teal Cup.   Snow is quick to heap praise on two who mentored him through those formative years. “Jim Loaring in the under seventeens and Eddie Pitter at the Subiaco colts were sensational,” he said. “ They were great coaches.”  Although he lived in the Subiaco area, David was tied to Claremont by virtue of representing Christchurch, but, a Subiaco supporter, he sat on the bench of a Maroons colts game in 1988 to qualify, before playing with the colts in 1989.   New league coach Haydn Bunton took the young Snow under his wing, and he made his league debut in 1990, against East Fremantle, lining up on Clinton Browning on a half back flank. Soon a regular, David was awarded best clubman in 1991, a year in which he was also part of grand final day, when Subiaco went down to Claremont.   Such was the progress of the young Snow, he was elected club captain in 1992, the youngest player to ever be accorded that honour.  When Tony Solin replaced Bunton as coach, David found himself in the midfield, and the fast running, team oriented Snow relished the change.  1994 saw David Snow at his best. Winner of the John Worsfold Medal as best player in the pre season competition, he continued the form throughout the year, taking out the Golds WAFL Player of the Year. He was also runner up for the 6PR GIO Footballer of the Year, third in the Football Budget Player of the Year, third in Subiaco's fairest and best, and was placed on the West Coast Eagles supplementary list.  The return of former star, Gary Buckenara, as coach in 1995, saw another different role, that of a “Mr Fixit”, playing all over the ground. That year saw Snow in State colours for the first time, where he was one of Western Australia's best playing in the centre against Queensland, in a twenty seven point victory. Subiaco finished the home and away games with just two losses,but lost the grand final by fifty six points. Although Snow had another great year, being voted fairest and best by the Subiaco Past Players and Officials Association, it had become common knowledge that the relationship between he and the coach was less than harmonious, and at the end of the season he had offers on the table from five other league clubs. “It was a tough time, leaving a club that had been my life in football from a kid, as well as making the choice of where my future lay,” he recalled. “Eventually, I went to Bassendean Oval because Swans gave me the opportunity to work with young players and I would be playing on the ball.”    So it was that after a hundred and ten appearances for Subiaco, David Snow transferred to Swan Districts.  He was vice captain for Western Australia against South Australia in 1996, winning a Simpson Medal as best on ground, once again in the centre.  After playing eighty two games at Bassendean, during which time he was vice captain of the club, Snow was transferred to Melbourne in his employment. Diamond Valley League club West Preston- Lakeside quickly snapped the midfielder up, and Snow wasted no time in exhibiting some of the best form of his career. Third in the club's fairest and best in his first year ,in which they were losing grand finalists, he became playing coach in 2002. Third in fairest and best voting once again, Snow went one better in 2003, winning the award. It was a memorable year for West Preston-Lakeside, grabbing their first premiership as a combined club, with now assistant coach Snow leading the way as best player in the finals. It was also a big year for Snow, adding the Most Valuable Player Award(voted on by the players) to his fairest and best trophy. He finished fourth in Diamond Valley League fairest and best voting, and captained the League side.     In 2004, at the age of thirty two, David Snow was back in Western Australia, and returned to Swans, playing ten more games before deciding on retirement. “I thought it was time I got out of the way and let a few young blokes come through,” he said. After three years at Amateur club, Whitfords, the last of which as runners up to North Beach in the A Grade grand final, Snow was transferred in his employment once again, this time to Singapore, where he became Asian Regional Manager for Procter and Gamble Pet Care.   Swan Districts players Peter Hodyl and Danny Penny received Snow's nomination as hardest to beat. “David Morgan would have been up there, but he told me he couldn't keep up,” David joked, while adding Perth's Gavin Hanley as “pretty strong mentally.” Best played with? He couldn't separate a few candidates here.  “Phil Scott, Jay Burton, Scott Kettlewell, and Scott Thomson while at Subi, while when I was at Swans Dwayne Griffin, David Morgan, Joel Cornelius, and the Casson brothers,” he added.  David paid tribute to his parents, Peter (who is a hard worker behind the scenes at Bassendean) and Leona    Snow, as well as Haydn Bunton and Eddie Pitter for having the biggest influences on what has been a fine career.         David Snow played a hundred and ten games with Subiaco, eighty two at Swan Districts, and two for Western Australia. He was one of the best midfielders in Western Australian football in the nineties, starring with two clubs, excelling at State level, and was an outstanding player in suburban Melbourne.      With that resume' he is a well credentialed member of the All Asian side!