Ben Schwartzwalder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ben Schwartzwalder

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1909

Place of Birth: Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1993

Profession: coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Floyd Benjamin Schwartzwalder (June 2, 1909 – April 28, 1993) was a Hall of Fame football coach at Syracuse University, where he trained future National Football League stars such as Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, Floyd Little and Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. 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.