Ben Kish
Appearance
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![]() Kish on a 1948 Bowman football card | |
Born: | Tonawanda, New York, U.S. | March 31, 1917
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Died: | February 24, 1989 Coatesville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 71)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Safety |
College | Pittsburgh |
NFL draft | 1940, Round: 8, Pick: 61 (by the Chicago Cardinals) |
Career history | |
As player | |
1940–1941 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
1943 | Phil-Pit Steagles |
1944–1949 | Philadelphia Eagles |
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Benjamin Ernest Kish (March 31, 1917 – February 24, 1989) was a professional American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Eagles. He was also a member of the "Steagles", a team that was the result of a temporary merger between the Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers due to the league-wide manning shortages in 1943 brought on by World War II. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the eighth round of the 1940 NFL draft.[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1989 deaths
- American football safeties
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
- Drexel Dragons football coaches
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- Steagles players and personnel
- People from Tonawanda, New York
- Players of American football from Erie County, New York
- American football defensive back, pre-1930 birth stubs