Lou Kusserow

Lou Kusserow
Born:(1927-09-06)September 6, 1927
Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died:June 30, 2001(2001-06-30) (aged 73)
Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Career information
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)LB
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
NFL draft1949, round: 3, pick: 22
Drafted byDetroit Lions
Career history
As player
19531953Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Career highlights and awards
  • Grey Cup champion (1953)
  • 2× First-team All-Eastern (1945, 1948)
  • Second-team All-Eastern (1946)

Louis Joseph Kusserow (September 6, 1927 – June 30, 2001) was an American and Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1953.[1] 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. In 1957, he appeared in an episode of To Tell the Truth as a decoy for baseball player Bobby Brown (third baseman). [2] He was inducted into the Columbia University Hall of Fame in 2006.[3] In 2001, Kusserow died of prostate cancer.[4]

  1. ^ "Louis Kusserow football Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com.
  2. ^ "To Tell the Truth - Gimbels store detective; Doctor/Yankees ballplayer (Mar 26, 1957)" – via www.youtube.com.
  3. ^ "Lou Kusserow".
  4. ^ Litsky, Frank (July 12, 2001). "Lou Kusserow, 73, is Dead; Led Football Upset of Army". The New York Times.