Ben Schwartzwalder

Coach, American football head coach

1909 – 1993

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Who was Ben Schwartzwalder?

Floyd Benjamin "Ben" Schwartzwalder 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.

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Born
Jun 2, 1909
Point Pleasant
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • West Virginia University
Died
Apr 28, 1993
St. Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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