height_ft weight_lbs playing_years death_place death_date birth_place playing_team import position birth_date height_in article_title name
5 170 1953 & ndash ; 1953 rancho mirage , california 30 june 2001 braddock , pennsylvania hamilton tiger-cats yes lb 6 september 1927 10 lou kusserow
 lou kusserow
lou kusserow

louis joseph kusserow -lrb- september 6 , 1927 -- june 30 , 2001 -rrb- was an american and canadian football player who played for the hamilton tiger-cats .
he won the grey cup with them in 1953 .
kusserow attended and played football at columbia university .
he was drafted in the 1949 nfl draft by the detroit lions in round 3 , # 22 overall .
in 1949 , he played in the all-america football conference for the new york yankees .
the following year he played in the national football league for the new york yanks .
after his football career , he worked with nbc as an executive .
he was inducted into the columbia university hall of fame in 2006 .
in 2001 , kusserow died of prostate cancer .
