Franklin H. P. Bissell (August 15, 1902 – January 1, 1983) was an American football player.
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Born: | Oberlin, Ohio | August 15, 1902
Died: | January 1, 1983 Salina, Kansas | (aged 80)
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) |
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High school: | West (Akron, OH) |
College: | Fordham |
Position: | End |
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Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Born in Oberlin, Ohio, he attended high school in Akron, Ohio. He then enrolled at Fordham University in 1924 and played college football for the Fordham Rams football team.[1] He next played professional football for the Akron Pros/Indians in the National Football League (NFL) in 1925 and 1926. He appeared in 16 NFL games, 12 of them as a starter.[2] He started all eight games for Akron in 1926 was selected as a second-team player on the 1926 All-Pro Team.[3] The Akron Pros folded after the 1926 season, and Bissell continued playing football thereafter for the South Akron Awnings.
After retiring from football, he worked as a newspaperman with the Cleveland Press. He moved to Salina, Kansas, in the 1970s. He died in Salina in 1983 at age 80.[4]
References
edit- ^ "To Enter Fordham". Akron Beacon-Journal. December 28, 1923. p. 17.
- ^ "Frank Bissell Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ^ "Lewellen Is Selected On All American Pro Team". The Green Bay Press-Gazette. December 17, 1926. p. 22.
- ^ "Frank H. Bissell". The Salina Journal. January 3, 1983. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.