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Floyd Burdette 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.
6 days ago · Floyd "Ben" Schwartzwalder was awarded a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, four battle stars, the Presidential Unit Citation, and was promoted to the rank of Major for his performance ...
Sep 28, 2011 · It marked the end of the brilliant coaching career of Floyd (Ben) Schwartzwalder, head man of the Syracuse Orange for the past 25 years. He had retired, after a quarter of a century as the head coach at one school.
On April 28th, 1993 Syracuse University Football legend, Floyd “Ben” Schwartzwalder, passed away at the age 83. Schwartzwalder, a decorated paratrooper during World War II in the 82nd Airborne Division who was among the first wave of soldiers that jumped at D-Day in 1944, coached the Orange from 1949 through 1973.
Sep 23, 2023 · Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse inducted former football coach and World War II hero Ben Schwartzwalder into its Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony on Saturday. The opponent, Army, couldn’t have...
Schwartzwalder, who played his college football at West Virginia, was named national coach of the year that season. Schwartzwalder coached Syracuse University until he retired in 1973. He is the all-time winningest coach in school history with an overall record of 153 wins, 91 loses and 3 ties.
Dec 25, 2019 · Ben Schwartzwalder was tough. As a student at West Virginia University, the future Syracuse head coach was captain of the football team and was an all-campus wrestler in the...
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