Art Best

Art Best
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Position: Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1953-03-18)March 18, 1953
Place of birth: Camden, New Jersey
Date of death: October 14, 2014(2014-10-14) (aged 61)
Place of death: Pickerington, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Columbus (OH) Bishop Hartley
College: Kent State
NFL draft: 1977 / Round: 6 / Pick: 156
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Arthur Robie Best (March 18, 1953 – October 14, 2014) was an American football running back who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round of the 1977 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at the University of Notre Dame before transferring to Kent State University. Best attended Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus, Ohio.[1] Best died on October 14, 2014 in Pickerington, Ohio. He had cancer and liver problems for at least five years before his death.[2]

References

  1. "ART BEST". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  2. "Art Best, former Hartley and Notre Dame football star, dies at 61". dispatch.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.

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