Lee Robert Reno Artoe (March 2, 1917 – 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, 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 (1948).[1]
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Position: | Tackle/Kicker | ||||
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Born: | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | March 2, 1917||||
Died: | April 1, 2005 Wilmette, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 88)||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Lincoln (WA) | ||||
College: | Santa Clara, California | ||||
NFL draft: | 1940 / Round: 11 / Pick: 97 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Artoe played college football at University of Santa Clara, with the Santa Clara Broncos, and in 1940 was picked in the 11th round by Chicago.[2] He returned a fumble in the 1942 NFL Championship Game 52 yards for the first score of the game.[3]
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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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b McCarthy, Brendan (April 5, 2005). "Lee Artoe, 88 - Hard-nosed 2-way player on Bears champion team". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ The Coffin Corner Archived December 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: Vol. 18, No. 4 (1996) -Retrieved January 15, 2011