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Galen Fiss

Galen Royce Fiss

Position: LB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 227 lbs.

Born: July 10, 1931 in Johnson, KS
Died: July 17, 2006 in Overland Park, KS
College: Kansas   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 13th round (155th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 64 (844th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 19, 2013 11:25AM
All-Time Rank: #888. Fred Williamson… #889. Matt Millen… #890. Jim LeClair… #891. GALEN FISS… #892. Mike Bass… #893. Mike Pruitt… #894. Jack Snow… 

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1956 25 CLE RLB 35 12 1 4 0 4 0 8
1957 26 CLE LLB 35 12 1 15 0 15 0 8
1958 27 CLE LLB 35 12 0 0 4 16 0 8
1959 28 CLE LLB 35 12 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 2 5 0 7
1960 29 CLE LLB 35 12 1 19 0 19 0 0 0 4 1 0 10
1961 30 CLE 35 13 1 13 0 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
1962* 31 CLE LLB 35 14 4 81 0 40 0 0 0 4 0 0 12
1963* 32 CLE RLB 35 13 2 8 0 8 0 10
1964 33 CLE RLB 35 13 1 24 0 24 0 0 0 1 5 0 6
1965 34 CLE 35 12 1 5 0 5 0 3
1966 35 CLE 35 14 1
Career 139 13 178 0 40 0 0 0 18 27 0 79

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1962
1963

Fumbles Recovered
1958 NFL 4 (3)
1960 NFL 4 (3)
1962 NFL 4 (2)
Career 18 (132)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19621st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19622nd TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19622nd TeamAll-NFLUPI