Longtime Syracuse Coach, 83, Dies
Ben Schwartzwalder, who produced a national championship, a Heisman Trophy winner and a string of great running backs in a 25-year coaching career at Syracuse, died Wednesday at 83.
Schwartzwalder died at a St. Petersburg, Fla., hospital, where he was taken after suffering a heart attack last week.
Schwartzwalder’s running backs included Jim Brown, Heisman winner Ernie Davis, Jim Nance, Floyd Little and Larry Csonka.
His teams had 22 consecutive non-losing seasons and went to seven bowl games. His 1959 team won the national championship.
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