Pat Fischer

Infobox NFLretired


|caption=
position=Cornerback
number=37
birthdate=birth date and age|1940|1|2
St. Edward, Nebraska
debutyear=1961
finalyear=1977
draftyear=1961
draftround=17
draftpick=232
college=Nebraska
teams=
* St. Louis Cardinals (1961-1967)
* Washington Redskins (1968-1977)
stat1label=INT
stat1value=56
stat2label=INT yards
stat2value=941
stat3label=Touchdowns
stat3value=4
nfl=FIS079102
highlights=
* 3x Pro Bowl selection (1964-65, 1969)
* 70 Greatest Redskins
HOF=
CollegeHOF=

Patrick Fischer (born January 2, 1940 in St. Edward, Nebraska) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1961 to 1967, and the Washington Redskins from 1968 to 1977.

Fischer attended Westside High School in Omaha and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Fischer joined the NFL as the 17th-round draft choice of St. Louis in the 1961 NFL Draft. He then signed with Washington as a free agent in 1968. He was a 1969 Pro Bowler. Fischer then helped lead the Redskins to Super Bowl VII in 1972. He finished his 17-year career with 56 interceptions, and ranks seventh all-time in Redskins career interceptions with 27 and fourth all-time with 412 career interception return yards. At the time of his retirement Pat Fischer had played in 213 NFL games, then a record for a cornerback.

In the late 1980s, NFL Films named Fischer as the Redskins All-Time Neutralizer sponsored by Tums. After retiring from the Redskins, Fischer worked as a stockbroker and owned a successful real estate business.