Lee Artoe

Tackle, American football player

1917 – 2005

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Who was Lee Artoe?

Lee Robert Reno Artoe was a professional American football player in the National Football League and All-America Football Conference for 7 seasons. An offensive tackle, Artoe played for the NFL's Chicago Bears. In the AAFC, he played for the Los Angeles Dons and Baltimore Colts.

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. He returned a fumble in the 1942 NFL Championship Game 52 yards for the first score of the game.

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Born
Mar 2, 1917
Tacoma
Education
  • University of California, Berkeley
Lived in
  • Tacoma
Died
Apr 1, 2005
Wilmette

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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