
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 29, 1993                   TAG: 9304290219
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Knight-Ridder/Tribune, staff and Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

LEGENDARY SYRACUSE COACH DIES

Ben Schwartzwalder, who produced the 1959 national football championship, a Heisman Trophy winner and a string of great running backs in a 25-year coaching career at Syracuse, died Wednesday.

He was remembered as a brilliant coach, fiery competitor and generous individual.

"Football coach: Ben was the definition," former Syracuse coach Dick MacPherson said. "If anybody saw Ben, they called him `Coach.' You couldn't help it. That's exactly what he was."

Schwartzwalder, 83, died at a St. Petersburg, Fla., hospital where he was taken after suffering a heart attack last week.

Schwartzwalder turned out a long line out of outstanding running backs, including 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.

He suffered a heart attack in February and was recuperating at his winter home in St. Petersburg. He had another heart attack last Thursday. Schwartzwalder, a decorated paratrooper during World War II, had a 153-91-3 record at Syracuse. He retired after a 2-9 season in 1973.

by CNB