Jim Kanicki, an American football player for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, died on April 14, 2026, at age 84.
Born in Bay City, Michigan, on December 17, 1941, he was a defensive tackle in the National Football League and played college football for the Michigan State Spartans. Kanicki was selected in the second round of the 1963 NFL draft and in the seventh round of the 1963 AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.
He attended Bay City Central High School, where he was an all-state football player, and was later inducted into the Bay City Central High School Alumni Hall of Fame in 1975 and the Bay County Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
Jim Kanicki, 84, American football player (Cleveland Browns, New York Giants).