Kissane first came to prominence as a Gaelic footballer as a cadet officer in the Curragh, before moving to Galway.
He won five Connacht Championship titles over the following seven seasons and was at right wing-back when Galway beat Cork in the 1956 All-Ireland final.
Kissane also lined out when Galway were beaten by his native Kerry in the 1959 All-Ireland final.
[3] Born in Killomeroe,Lisselton, County Kerry, in November 1929, Kissane received his army commission in 1951.
Kissane served in the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Congo from July 1960 to January 1961.