Edward John Julius Kissell (September 29, 1929 – April 7, 2018) was a professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player who played

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

for four seasons for the

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Kissell NFL & AFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com
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Adolph Kissell Adolph Kissell (September 11, 1920 – August 7, 1983) was an American football halfback. He played for the Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Footb ...

John Kissell John Jay "Big John" Kissell (May 14, 1923April 9, 1992) was an American football defensive tackle who played for the Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League in the ...

and

Veto Kissell Veto Kissell (June 13, 1927 – March 19, 1997) was an American football linebacker and fullback. He played for the Buffalo Bills in 1949 and for the Baltimore Colts in 1950. Three of his brothers, Adolph Kissell, Ed Kissell and John Kissell ...

, also played professional football.

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1929 births 2018 deaths Players of American football from New Hampshire Sportspeople from Nashua, New Hampshire American football safeties Wake Forest Demon Deacons football players Pittsburgh Steelers players United States Army soldiers {{Defensiveback-1920s-stub