Marnie Schneider

Philadelphia native Marnie’s life has been driven by sports—particularly the Philadelphia Eagles.

Her grandfather, Leonard Tose, was the owner of the Eagles and also founded the Ronald McDonald House. His dedication to family, charity, and sports taught Marnie the importance

of giving back, something she has carried forward into her career in the nonprofit sector.

Some of Marnie’s fondest memories are of visiting and exploring NFL cities when

traveling with the Eagles, and then treating her friends (the guys, anyway) to time in the team’s locker room. She’s also a baseball fan, a result of spending summers in the Eagles’ office, right next door to the Philadelphia Phillies, who gave her free tickets to their games. She can tell you exactly how many homers Mike Schmidt hit and what Steve Carlton’s best pitch was (hint: it rhymes with “glider”). She loves the Ronald McDonald House and visits locations in every city she travels to.

Marnie, who attended Penn State University and majored in broadcast journalism, is the

founder of the Keep On Playing Foundation, which gives underprivileged children the

opportunity to learn confidence, leadership, and the importance of teamwork through sports.

Football Freddie and Fumble the Dog: Gameday in Philadelphia is her first children’s book and her way of giving back to the Philadelphia community. She lives with her three kids—Jonathan, 16, Goldie, 14, and Leo, 13—three rescue dogs, and one handsome pony named Billy in Charlotte, NC.

If she were stranded on a desert island…Marnie’s must-have music would be Florida

Georgia Line, the Eagles’ Greatest Hits, and the single “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” by Philly’s

finest, McFadden and Whitehead. She would also want the book Relentless by Tim Grover.

Fun Facts:

- Marnie played the flight attendant, Joyce, in the Adam Sandler movie The Wedding Singer

- She’s a sports statistics junkie

- She’s obsessed with her dogs and cheesesteaks

- She loves Ben Franklin (but honestly, who doesn’t?)

- Her celebrity crush is Brett Eldridge

- She doesn’t like scary movies

- She doesn’t like the word “fair”

- She adores oranges