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Walt Snelling, longtime voice of Red Elephant sports, dies at 81
Snelling earned respect from fans, rivals as Gainesville High announcer
Walt Snelling
Longtime Gainesville High sports announcer Walt Snelling waves to the crowd during a 2016 ceremony honoring the 30th anniversary of Ivey-Watson Field and the 1996 Gainesville High baseball team. - photo by Scott Rogers
The Gainesville Red Elephant community has lost the voice of a local legend called the school’s biggest fan. Walter Candler “Walt” Snelling, the voice of Red Elephants athletics for more than three decades, died Wednesday, March 28, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was 81.
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