Lee Artoe

Games played:	84
Games started :	62

Lee Artoe
	Artoe, circa 1946
No. 35
Position:	Offensive Tackle / Kicker
Personal information
Born:	March 2, 1917 ; Tacoma, Washington , U.S.
Died:	April 1, 2005 (aged 88) ; Wilmette, Illinois , U.S.
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
	Chicago Bears ( 1940 ? 1942 , 1945 ) ; Los Angeles Dons (1946?1947) ; Baltimore Colts (1948) ;
Career highlights and awards
	2× NFL champion ( 1940 , 1941 ) ; First-team All-Pro ( 1942 ) ; Second-team All-Pro ( 1941 ) ; 3× Pro Bowl ( 1940 ? 1942 ) ; Second-team All-American ( 1939 ) ; First-team All-PCC ( 1939 ) ;
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	84
Games started :	62
	Player stats at PFR

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 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]

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

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