He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh as an end and was team captain in 1931.
During World War II he served in the Pacific as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
Hirschberg later owned and operated WEDO, a radio station in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
He was also a housing developer, owner of the Boldoc Country Club in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and had an association with the Family Furniture Store in McKeesport.
Hirshberg died on December 27, 1983, in North Miami Beach, Florida.