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{{Short description|American football player (1917–1989)}}
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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography
| name =
| image = Ben Kish - 1948 Bowman.jpg
|Position=[[Safety (football position)|Safety]]▼
| alt =
| caption = Kish on a 1948 Bowman football card
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|3|31}}
| birth_place = [[Tonawanda (town), New York|Tonawanda, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|2|24|1917|3|31}}
| death_place = [[Coatesville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| team =
|teams=[[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]]<BR>[[Philadelphia Eagles]]▼
| number =
| status =
| height_ft =
| height_in =
| weight_lb =
| NFLDraftedYear = 1940
| NFLDraftedRound = 8
| NFLDraftedPick = 61<br>(by the [[Chicago Cardinals (NFL, 1920–59)|Chicago Cardinals]])
| NFLDraftedTeam =
| playing_years1 = 1940–1941
| playing_years2 = 1943
| playing_team2 = [[Steagles|Phil-Pit Steagles]]
| playing_years3 = 1944–1949
| playing_team3 = [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
| career_highlights =
* 2× [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL champion]] ([[1948 NFL Championship Game|1948]], [[1949 NFL Championship Game|1949]])
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team|1937]])
| NFL = KIS237308
| DatabaseFootball = KISHBEN01
}}
'''Benjamin Ernest Kish''' (March 31, 1917 – February 24, 1989) was a professional [[American football]] [[Safety (American football position)|safety]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|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 [[NFL draft|drafted]] in the eighth round of the [[1940 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1940 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1940/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:KishPittvsSMUOwl39p277.jpg|thumb|left|275px|Ben Kish running the ball in a [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|University of Pittsburgh]] win over [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] at [[Pitt Stadium]]]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{1948 Philadelphia Eagles}}
{{1949 Philadelphia Eagles}}
{{Chicago Cardinals 1940 draft navbox}}
{{1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kish, Ben}}
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[[Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players]]
[[Category:Steagles players and personnel]]
[[Category:People from Tonawanda, New York]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Erie County, New York]]
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