Galen Fiss
Appearance
Born: | Johnson City, Kansas | July 30, 1931
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Died: | July 17, 2006 Overland Park, Kansas | (aged 74)
Career information | |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
College | Kansas |
NFL draft | 1953, Round: 13, Pick: 155 |
Career history | |
As player | |
1956–1966 | Cleveland Browns |
Career highlights and awards | |
Galen Fiss (July 30, 1931 in Johnson City, Kansas – July 17, 2006 in Overland Park, Kansas) was a National Football League linebacker who played 11 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Fiss was captain on Cleveland's NFL championship team in 1964. Fiss, who had Alzheimer's disease, died of cardiac arrest in 2006.
Fiss was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2017.[1]
References
- ^ "See the newest members of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". Wichita Eagle. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2017.