1937 Detroit Lions Awards Purple Heart Name Lee Kizzire Positions Running back | Role American football player Battles and wars World War II College Wyoming Education University of Wyoming | |
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Date of birth (1915-12-21)December 21, 1915 Died November 1943, Wewak, Papua New Guinea Service/branch United States Army Air Corps | ||
Place of birth Wyoming, United States Place of death Wewak, New Guinea † Date of death November 1943 (age 27) | ||
William Lee Kizzire (December 21, 1915 – November 1943) was a professional American football player who played running back for one season for the Detroit Lions.
During World War II, Kizzare was shot down on a mission near the island of Wewak, in the Pacific Theater. His body was never found. Wewak was the site of the largest Japanese airbase in mainland New Guinea and was subjected to repeated bombing by Australian and American planes.
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