Ben Kish

Ben Kish
Career information
Kish on a 1948 Bowman football card
Date of birth	(1917-03-31)March 31, 1917
Place of birth	Tonawanda, NY, United States
Date of death	February 24, 1989(1989-02-24) (aged 71)
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
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Benjamin Ernest Kish (March 31, 1917 – February 24, 1989) was a professional American football safety in the National Football League 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.

Ben Kish running the ball in a University of Pittsburgh win over SMU at Pitt Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles 1948 NFL Champions

11 Tommy Thompson 15 Steve Van Buren 27 Al Johnson 30 Bosh Pritchard 32 Jack Myers 33 Russ Craft 35 Pete Pihos 36 Joe Muha 37 Ernie Steele 39 Bill Mackrides 40 Les Palmer 41 Gil Steinke 43 Jim Parmer 44 Ben Kish 45 Noble Doss 49 Pat McHugh 51 Frank Szymanski 52 Vic Lindskog 53 Alex Wojciechowicz 61 Duke Maronic 64 Mario Giannelli 65 Cliff Patton 66 Baptiste Manzini 67 John Magee 70 Al Wistert 71 Otis Douglas 73 Fred Hartman 74 Walt Barnes 75 George Savitsky 76 Bucko Kilroy 79 Vic Sears 80 Neill Armstrong 81 Dick Humbert 83 Jack Ferrante 86 Hal Prescott 88 Jay MacDowell 89 John Green

Head Coach: Greasy Neale Assistant Coaches: Larry Cabrelli Charley Ewart John Kellison

Philadelphia Eagles 1949 NFL Champions

Head Coach: Greasy Neale

Assistant Coach: John Kellison

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