Cecil “Cy” Souders, who played football under four different Ohio State coaches and was an offensive and defensive end on the Buckeyes’ 1942 national championship team, died Monday at his home in Hilliard. © Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch Cecil “Cy” Souders, a lineman on the 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes national champion football team, sits in front of his Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame portrait in his Hilliard-area apartment on Jan. 24, 2020. At age 100, he also was the oldest NFL alumnus when he passed. Born in Bucyrus, Souders began his Ohio State career in 1939 under Francis Schmidt, continued it under Paul Brown in 1942 and 1943 and then played under Carroll Widdoes in 1944. He finished under Paul Bixler in 1946 after taking a year off to serve in the Navy during World War II. Souders’ OSU football career under four coaches, with break for World War II…
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