Lee Artoe

Lee Artoe

Position:	T/K
Personal information
Date of birth:	March 2, 1917
Place of birth:	Tacoma, Washington
Date of death:	April 1, 2005 (aged 88)
Place of death:	Wilmette, Illinois
Career information
College:	Santa Clara/California/
NFL draft:	1940 / Round: 11 / Pick: 97
Career history
NFL Chicago Bears (1940-1942, 1945) AAFC Los Angeles Dons (1946-1947) AAFC Baltimore Colts (1948)
Career highlights and awards
3× Pro Bowl selection (1940, 1941, 1942) 1× All-Pro selection (1942) Santa Clara Athletic Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 84 Games started: 62 Player stats at NFL.com

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]

Artoe played college football at University of California, Berkeley, with the California Golden Bears, 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]

References

1. "Lee Artoe, 88 - Hard-nosed 2-way player on Bears champion team". Chicago Tribune. April 5, 2005. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
2. 1940 NFL draft -Retrieved 2011-1-15
3. THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 18, No. 4 (1996) -Retrieved 2011-1-15

External links

• Lee Artoe at Find a Grave