{{Short description|American football player (born 1959)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Greg Meisner | number = 69 | position = Defensive tackle | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|04|23}} | birth_place = New Kensington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 257 | high_school = Valley {{avoid wrap|(New Kensington,)}} | college = Pittsburgh | draftyear = 1981 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 63 | pastteams = * Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1981|1988}}) * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1989|1990}}) * New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1991}}) |highlights = * Second-team All-East (1980) | statlabel1 = Sacks | statvalue1 = 12.0 | statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue2 = 2 | statlabel3 = Interceptions | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = MeisGr20 }}
'''Gregory Paul Meisner''' (born April 23, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. Meisner played in the NFL for the Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Giants.
Meisner graduated from Valley High School at New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni News |url=https://www.nkasd.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2835666&type=d&pREC_ID=1373237 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.nkasd.com |language=en}}</ref>
He helped the Rams win the 1985 NFC West Division.
The Chiefs defense he played with in 1989 led the AFC in fewest total yards allowed and fewest passing yards allowed.
In 11 seasons he had 12 sacks, one interception for 20 yards and a kickoff return for 17 yards.
Meisner was the head coach of the Hempfield Area High School football team in Greensburg, Pennsylvania with a record of (17-50) by the time he resigned on November 18, 2011; however, he remained the Athletic Director until 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gazarik|first=Richard|title=Hempfield football coach resigns, expected to stay as AD|url=http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/highschool/football/s_768175.html|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|accessdate=July 7, 2012|date=November 19, 2011}}</ref>
Meisner has two sons who went to Division I schools for football. His son Greg Jr. went to the University of Kentucky and Shane went to Rutgers University.
==References== {{reflist}} {{Los Angeles Rams 1981 draft navbox}}
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