Cardinals Legends
"Walt Kiesling a Pro Football Hall of Fame Player and Coach"
Born May 27, 1903, in St. Paul, Minnesota, was Pro Football Hall of Fame Lineman and Coach Walt Kiesling. Kiesling played college football at the University of St. Thomas.
Walt played 13 years as a guard and tackle in the NFL with the Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927), Pottsville Maroons (1928), Chicago Cardinals (1929–1933), Chicago Bears (1934), Green Bay Packers (1935–1936), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1937–1938).
Kiesling also spent 25 years as a coach or aide for NFL teams, including seven years as head coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers from 1939 to 1942 and 1954 to 1956. He provided Pittsburgh's first franchise-winning season in 1942. He was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and was named to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team in 1969.
- HASHTAGS: #May27 #WaltKiesling #ChicagoCardinals #DuluthEskimos #PittsburghSteelers #Number16 #Number18 #Number21 #Number25 #Number49 #ProFootballHallofFame #Football
- EVENTDAY: May 27
- FOOTBALL NAME: Walt Kiesling
- FOOTBALL TEAM: Chicago Cardinals, Duluth Eskimos, Phil-Pitt Steagles, Pittsburgh Steelers
- NFL JERSEY: Number 16, Number 18, Number 21, Number 25, Number 49
- OTHER: Pro Football Hall of Fame
- SPORTS: Football
