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{{Short description|American football player (1917–2005)}}
{{Infobox NFL player▼
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
| image = Lee Artoe 1946.jpg
|position=[[Tackle (American football)|T]]/[[Placekicker|K]]▼
| caption = Artoe, circa 1946
|birth_date={{birth date|1917|3|2}}▼
| number = 35, 48
|death_date={{death date and age|2005|04|1|1917|03|2}}▼
▲| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|3|2}}
|death_place =[[Wilmette, Illinois]]▼
| birth_place = [[Tacoma, Washington]], U.S.▼
▲| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|04|1|1917|03|2}}
▲| death_place = [[Wilmette, Illinois]], U.S.
|draftyear=1940▼
| height_ft = 6
|draftround=11▼
| height_in = 3
|draftpick=97▼
| weight_lbs = 234
▲| draftyear = 1940
▲| draftround = 11
▲| draftpick = 97
| high_school = [[Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)|Lincoln (WA)]]
| college = [[Santa Clara Broncos football|Santa Clara
| pastteams =
▲|college=[[Santa Clara Broncos|Santa Clara]]/[[California Golden Bears football|California]]/
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1940}}–{{NFL Year|1942}}, {{NFL Year|1945}})
* [[Los Angeles Dons]] (1946–1947)
| statlabel1 = Games played▼
▲* AAFC [[Baltimore Colts (1947–50)|Baltimore Colts]] (1948)
| statvalue1 = 84▼
▲|statlabel1= Games played
| statlabel2 = Games [[Starting lineup|started]]▼
▲|statvalue1=84
| statvalue2 = 62▼
▲|statlabel2= Games [[Starting lineup|started]]
| statlabel3 =▼
▲|statvalue2=62
| statvalue3 = ▼
▲|statlabel3=
| pfr = ArtoLe20
▲|statvalue3=
| pfrcoach = ▼
| highlights =▼
* 2× [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1940 NFL Championship Game|1940]], [[1941 NFL Championship Game|1941]])
▲|pfrcoach=
* First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1942 All-Pro Team|1942]])
* Second-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1941 All-Pro Team|1941]])
* 3× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1941 Pro Bowl|1940]]–[[1943 Pro Bowl|1942]])
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1939 College Football All-America Team|1939]])
▲|highlights=
* First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-PCC]] ([[1939 All-Pacific Coast football team|1939]])
| HOF =
| CollegeHOF = ▼
▲|CollegeHOF=
▲|birth_place=[[Tacoma, Washington]]
}}
'''Lee Robert Reno Artoe''' (March 2, 1917{{spaced ndash}}April 1, 2005) was a professional [[American football]] player in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) for 7 seasons. A [[Tackle (American football)|tackle]], Artoe played for the NFL's [[Chicago Bears]] (1940–1942, 1945). In the AAFC, he played for the [[Los Angeles Dons]] (1946–1947) and [[Baltimore Colts (1947–50)|Baltimore Colts]] (1948).<ref name=TribObit>{{cite news |url=
Artoe played college football at [[University of
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He returned a [[fumble]] in the [[NFL Championship Game, 1942|1942 NFL Championship Game]] 52 yards for the first score of the game.<ref>[http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/18-04-655.pdf/
[[File:Grave of Lee R. Artoe at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Artoe's grave at Memorial Park Cemetery]]
Artoe served in the U.S. Navy as a member of the [[Underwater Demolition Team]].
He died in [[Wilmette, Illinois]] on April 1, 2005, and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in [[Skokie, Illinois|Skokie]].<ref name=TribObit/>
==References==
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{{1941 Chicago Bears}}
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