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Galen Fiss

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Galen Fiss
No. 35
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1931-07-30)July 30, 1931
Johnson City, Kansas, U.S.
Died:July 17, 2006(2006-07-17) (aged 74)
Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
College:Kansas
NFL draft:1953 / Round: 13 / Pick: 155
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:13
INT yards:178
Fumble recoveries:18
Player stats at PFR

Galen Fiss (July 30, 1931 – July 17, 2006) was an American football linebacker who played 11 seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). 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

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  1. ^ "See the newest members of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame". Wichita Eagle. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2017.