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{{Short description|American football player (1917–1989)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Ben Kish
| image       = Ben Kish - 1948 Bowman.jpg
| caption     = Kish on a 1948 Bowman football card
| number      = 20, 44
| position    = [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]] <br> [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1917|3|31|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tonawanda, New York]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1989|2|24|1917|3|31}}
| death_place = [[Coatesville, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lb   = 207
| high_school = [[Tonawanda High School|Tonawanda]] <br> (Tonawanda, New York)
| college     = [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]]
| draftyear   = 1940
| draftround  = 8
| draftpick   = 61
| pastteams   =
* [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] ({{NFL Year|1940|1941}})
* [[Steagles]] ({{NFL Year|1943}})
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|1944|1949}})
| 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]])
| statlabel1  = Rushing yards
| statvalue1  = 344
| statlabel2  = Rushing average
| statvalue2  = 4.6
| statlabel3  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Reception]]s
| statvalue3  = 38
| statlabel4  = Receiving yards
| statvalue4  = 420
| statlabel5  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue5  = 18
| statlabel6  = Total [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue6  = 4
| pfr         = KishBe20
}} 

'''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==
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{{1948 Philadelphia Eagles}}
{{1949 Philadelphia Eagles}}
{{Chicago Cardinals 1940 draft navbox}}
{{1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football navbox}}

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[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:American football safeties]]
[[Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players]]
[[Category:Drexel Dragons football coaches]]
[[Category:Philadelphia Eagles players]]
[[Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players]]
[[Category:Steagles players and personnel]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tonawanda, New York]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Erie County, New York]]


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