Ben Schwartzwalder College coach

Floyd Benjamin "Ben" Schwartzwalder (June 2, 1909 – April 28, 1993) was a Hall of Fame football coach at Syracuse University, where he trained such future National Football League stars as Jim Brown, as well as the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy, Ernie Davis.Schwartzwalder played center at West Virginia University, despite weighing only 146 pounds, and was an all-campus wrestler in 1930 in the 155 pound weight class. He was captain of the football team in 1933.

Personal facts

Ben Schwartzwalder
Alias (AKA)Schwartzwalder Floyd Benjamin
Birth dateJune 02, 1909
Birth place
West Virginia Mountaineers football , Point Pleasant West Virginia
Date of deathApril 28, 1993

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Coach

coached team
Parkersburg High School
Canton McKinley High School
Sistersville West Virginia
Syracuse Orange football
Muhlenberg College
overall record178–96–3 (college)

Ben Schwartzwalder on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50027
  2. http://www.syracusehalloffame.com/pages/inductees/1987/ben_schwartzwalder.html