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Jim Kanicki
Career information
Date of birth	(1941-12-17) December 17, 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth	Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Position(s)	Defensive tackle
US college	Michigan State
AFL draft	1963 / round: 7 / pick: 52 (By the Buffalo Bills)
NFL draft	1963 / round: 2 / pick: 23
Career history
As player
1963–1969	Cleveland Browns
1970–1971	New York Giants

Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1964)

James Henry Kanicki (born December 17, 1941) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. He played college football at Michigan State University and was selected in the second round of the 1963 NFL draft. Kanicki was also selected in the seventh round of the 1963 AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.

Kanicki purchased the Arthur Louis Steel Company of Ashtabula, Ohio in 1985, and still maintains control of the business.

In 2012, the Cleveland Plain Dealer named Kanicki one of the Cleveland Browns' 100 best all-time players.

v t e Buffalo Bills 1963 AFL draft selections
Dave Behrman Jim Dunaway Tom Hutchinson Tom Brown Tom Woodeshick Bob Jencks Jim Moss Jim Kanicki Larry Stallings Ron Snidow Ron Goodwin J.B. Simmons Paul Underhill Ed Hoerster Jeff Slabaugh Herb Paterra Eugene Sykes Harlow Fullwood Ed Adamchik Chuck Walker Bob Middleton Daryle Lamonica Ron Carlson Willis Crenshaw Dick Quast Leon Mavity Charlie Killett

v t e Cleveland Browns 1963 NFL draft selections
Tom Hutchinson Jim Kanicki Bill Munsey Frank Baker Ernie Broghetti Tom Bloom Walt Sweeney Dave Raimey Jim Bobbitt Art Graham Lindy Infante Dave Katterhenrich Staley Faulkner Lynn Reade Dick Kelly Dick Anderson Bobby Garvin Gary Sherman Steve Shaw

v t e Cleveland Browns 1964 NFL champions
11 Jim Ninowski 13 Frank Ryan 20 Ross Fichtner 22 Lowell Caylor 23 Larry Benz 24 Bobby Franklin 26 Dave Raimey 27 Walter Roberts 30 Bernie Parrish 32 Jim Brown 35 Galen Fiss 36 Charley Scales 38 Stan Sczurek 42 Paul Warfield 44 Leroy Kelly 48 Ernie Green 49 Walter Beach 50 Vince Costello 52 Mike Lucci 56 John Morrow 62 Dale Memmelaar 60 John Wooten 64 Ed Bettridge 66 Gene Hickerson 67 Sid Williams 69 Jim Kanicki 70 John Brown 72 Mike Bundra 73 Monte Clark 74 Dick Modzelewski 75 Roger Shoals 76 Lou Groza 77 Dick Schafrath 78 Frank Parker 79 Bob Gain 80 Bill Glass 82 Jim Houston 83 Johnny Brewer 84 Paul Wiggin 85 Clifton McNeil 86 Gary Collins 87 Tom Hutchinson
Head coach: Blanton Collier
Assistant coaches: Howard Brinker Fritz Heisler Dub Jones Nick Skorich Ed Ulinski

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