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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 2, 2021 19:38:36 GMT -5
One of the all time greats, and one of the trio of legendary backs to wear #44 for Syracuse.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 2, 2021 19:44:18 GMT -5
Great back to watch...and the central figure in a rift between Syracuse and our own "Crusader." The Orange did not like the way new covered the game and pointed out that Larry Csonka seemed to do most of the work in moving the ball, then Floyd Little got the the score from close in. He was the one being pushed for All-American.
May his soul rest in peace.
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Post by trimster on Jan 2, 2021 20:17:16 GMT -5
Great back to watch...and the central figure in a rift between Syracuse and our own "Crusader." The Orange did not like the way new covered the game and pointed out that Larry Csonka seemed to do most of the work in moving the ball, then Floyd Little got the the score from close in. He was the one being pushed for All-American. May his soul rest in peace. Nothing against Floyd Little but the Crusader was right, at least for that game. May he Rest In Peace. |
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 3, 2021 2:28:36 GMT -5
A former colleague and friend at work was a classmate and member of the team with Larry Csonka, whose last season at Syracuse was 1967. Floyd Little was a year ahead of them. Thus supporting the reason why the senior running back was featured to get the accolades.
Dennis, who played at St. John’s in Shrewsbury, before enrolling at Syracuse, was a Defensive Lineman drafted by the 49ers. He had an interesting connection to Holy Cross, his Father In Law was Bill Quirk, who we all remember was in charge of Kimball Dining in the late 60’s.
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Post by hc6774 on Jan 3, 2021 7:15:20 GMT -5
Coach Schwartzwalder's policy was to highlight the senior running back . He did it for years. We were upset at the seeming unfairness. In hindsight I don't understand why we (myself included ) should have been so concerned about "poor" Larry Csonka but we were. We were not familiar with the internal dynamics of the Syracuse team. However, we all owed a debt of gratitude to the Sports Editor of the Crusader for pointing this out & reflecting HC student opinion. At Archbold against HC in'65 #44 rushed for more than 100 yards and additionally had an 80+ yard kickoff return for a TD. I believe he scored 3(?) tds. He was unstoppable on that day. It was the finest performance by a running back against HC that I saw in my four years, He was a great Hall of Fame player and a fine man. Csonka didn't do too "bad" either. RIP Our '65 team was greatly depleted; I recall an early season photo with 11 on crutches including seniors Dick Terry, Denny Dwyer & junior Jack Lentz Also recall seeing Syracuse getting of the bus in '64 with Jim Nance #35? working out on the baseball field the evening before the game. Those were formidable teams.. |
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Post by ts1970 on Jan 3, 2021 8:10:12 GMT -5
I was 18 when SU played HC at Fitton on Oct. 22, 1966. I am now 72. The article says Floyd Little was 78 at the time of his passing. So if he were 6 years older than I, was he 24 when that game was played? May he RIP.......one of the great college players of all time.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 3, 2021 8:10:48 GMT -5
That sounds about right.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 3, 2021 10:30:21 GMT -5
I was 18 when SU played HC at Fitton on Oct. 22, 1966. I am now 72. The article says Floyd Little was 78 at the time of his passing. So if he was 6 years older than I, was he 24 when that game was played? May he RIP.......one of the great college players of all time. He was born on July 4,1942, so he was 24 at the time of that game. He must have prepped a couple of years or had a gap year or two to be that old in college |
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 3, 2021 10:31:16 GMT -5
...and he was not even a hockey player.  |
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Post by breezy on Jan 3, 2021 10:55:41 GMT -5
In the movie "The Express," the story of Ernie Davis, there is a scene toward the end where Ernie Davis is helping to recruit Floyd Little. In that scene, Little says he has already committed to Notre Dame, but then, supposedly as a result of Davis' coaxing, he ends up at Syracuse. I've always wondered whether that was factual, or whether it was just fictionalized for purposes of the movie.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2021 11:02:20 GMT -5
Interesting scene from the movie was the midnight "practice" held by Coach Scwartzwalder after a night game loss in the rain at Archbold to an inferior opponent according to Coach Ben. The opponent was....................Holy Cross.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 3, 2021 11:07:30 GMT -5
This may help explain his age when he played at Syracuse.....After Hillhouse High School, Floyd Little attended Bordentown Military Institute, with the intention of going to West Point. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was heavily recruiting him to attend USMA.
He was also being heavily recruited by Notre Dame and Syracuse. After talking to Ernie Davis, he decided to attend Syracuse.
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Post by breezy on Jan 3, 2021 11:13:21 GMT -5
Yes, but that HC victory over Syracuse -- on October 4, 1958 -- was played at Fitton Field. An example of how certain aspects of the film were fictionalized.
Another example is in the 1960 Cotton Bowl Syracuse victory over Texas. In the movie, there is a 4th-quarter long TD pass to Ernie Davis that gave Syracuse an insurmountable lead in the game and appears to seal the victory. That 87-yard TD pass did occur -- in the first quarter on the third play of the game.
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Post by trimster on Jan 3, 2021 11:29:43 GMT -5
Yes, but that HC victory over Syracuse -- on October 4, 1958 -- was played at Fitton Field. An example of how certain aspects of the film were fictionalized. Another example is in the 1960 Cotton Bowl Syracuse victory over Texas. In the movie, there is a 4th-quarter long TD pass to Ernie Davis that gave Syracuse an insurmountable lead in the game and appears to seal the victory. That 87-yard TD pass did occur -- in the first quarter on the third play of the game. poetic license. |
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 3, 2021 12:28:53 GMT -5
My recollection was that Little was a veteran (Marines?) before he attended Syracuse. At least that was the story on campus before the game and the explanation why he was so much older than all the other players on either team. Wiki doesn't explain the age issue.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 3, 2021 22:13:39 GMT -5
He was older because he spent time at Bordentown Military Institute after Hillhouse High School.
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