Career
A native of Hancock, Michigan, Klingbeil played the position of Defense. Klingbeil played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1932 to 1933 (MOHL), Detroit Mundus from 1933 to 1934 (MOHL), Detroit Farm Crest from 1934 to 1935 (MOHL), Detroit Tool Shop (MOHL), Chicago Black Hawks from 1936 to 1937 (National Hockey League), and Portage Lakes Lakers from 1936 to 1940. Klingbeil died in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in a military hospice, at the age of 86.
He was buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.