FCS

Great Teams: 1947 Columbia Lions

NEW YORK—Coached by Hall of Famer Lou Little, Columbia's 1947 team featured some of most well-known players in the university's football history: Louis Kusserow, Gene Rossides, Ventan Yablonski, Bill Swiacki and Bruce Gehrke. Four of those players saw action in the National Football League. But it was the team's resiliency and toughness that won over fans and gained national acclaim.