Jim Kisselburgh

Alexander James Kisselburgh, Jr. (September 4, 1919 – July 10, 1996) was an American football player. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers football team from 1938 to 1940 and was selected by the Associated Press as a third-team player on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[2] In January 1941, he joined the United States Army Air Corps.[3] He joined the Army All-Star West football team in 1942.[4] He flew 35 missions over the European Theater during World War II and was shot down northeast of Munich in February 1944; he spent the rest of the war in a German prisoner of war camp in Moosburg, Germany. He returned to the United States in June 1945.[5]

Jim Kisselburgh
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Kisselburgh, circa 1942
Personal information
Born:September 4, 1919
Ashland, Wisconsin
Died:July 10, 1996
El Paso, Texas
Career information
College:Oregon State
Position:Halfback, Fullback
NFL Draft:1941 / Round: 6 / Pick: 44
(by the Cleveland Rams)[1]
Career highlights and awards
  • Third-team All-American (1940)

References
  1. "1941 Cleveland Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Herb Barker (1940-12-08). "Two Dixie Stars Fill Flank Posts on All-America". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal.
  3. "Kisselburgh in Air Corps to Beat Draft". The Bulletin. January 30, 1941.
  4. "Army West Stars Get Kisselburgh". The Milwaukee Journal. August 15, 1942.
  5. "Kisselburgh Back after Long Time in Nazi Prison Camp". La Grande Observer. June 14, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. open access
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