Art Best Explained

Art Best
Number:25, 39
Position:Running back
Birth Date:18 March 1953
Birth Place:Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Place:Pickerington, Ohio, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lbs:205
High School:Columbus (OH) Bishop Hartley
College:Kent State
Draftyear:1977
Draftround:6
Draftpick:156
(by the Los Angeles Rams)[1]
Pastteams:
Pfr:B/BestAr20

Arthur Robie Best (March 18, 1953 – October 14, 2014) was an American football running back who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) 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.[2] Best died on October 14, 2014, in Pickerington, Ohio. He had cancer and liver problems for at least five years before his death.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1977 Los Angeles Rams . https://web.archive.org/web/20070409051726/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=LAM&lg=nfl&yr=1977 . databaseFootball.com . unfit . April 9, 2007 . September 2, 2020.
  2. Web site: ART BEST . profootballarchives.com . December 2, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201054138/http://www.profootballarchives.com/best00200.html . December 1, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Art Best, former Hartley and Notre Dame football star, dies at 61 . dispatch.com . October 17, 2014 . December 2, 2014.