[1] He played as a starting halfback on the Army Black Knights football team, where he was briefly coached by Vince Lombardi.

[1] Fischl would later graduate from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, later renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, and earned an MBA from Syracuse University.

[1][3] On September 3, 1966, then-Major Fischl, a member of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron based in Thailand, took part in an airstrike in North Vietnam.

[1][2] Projects which were developed as a result of Fischl's tax breaks included present-day Wells Fargo, formerly Wachovia, and Crown Plaza Hotel in Center City Allentown.

[2] Fischl underwent quadruple bypass surgery while in office, which many believed contributed to his decision not to seek a second term in the 1981 election.