American baseball player and coach, college athletic administrator, mycologist (1889-1980).
Walter Henry "Doc" Snell (May 19, 1889 – July 23, 1980) was an American baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, and mycologist. He played briefly as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox during the 1913 season. Following his playing career, he became a successful mycologist who worked primarily at Brown University. Snell also coached the baseball team at Brown from 1922 to 1927 and served as the school's athletic director from 1943 to 1946.