Orville Lee
Athlete
1964 –
Who is Orville Lee?
Orville Lee is a retired Canadian Football League running back.
He was drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders with the first overall pick in the 1988 CFL Draft from Simon Fraser University. In his rookie year he racked up 1075 rushing yards to lead the CFL becoming only the fourth Canadian to accomplish that feat. He would go onto play for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats before retiring in 1992. His son, Jamall Lee is a member of the BC Lions.
He now runs a non-profit organization called Pathfinder Youth Center Society, for at Risk Kids in BC Canada, along with his wife Ruth Lee.
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- Born
- Apr 4, 1964
Ocho Rios - Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Simon Fraser University
- Lived in
- Ocho Rios
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on July 23, 2013
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