Position: | Tackle/Kicker |
Number: | 35, 48 |
Birth Date: | 2 March 1917 |
Birth Place: | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
Death Place: | Wilmette, Illinois, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 234 |
Draftyear: | 1940 |
Draftround: | 11 |
Draftpick: | 97 |
High School: | Lincoln (WA) |
College: | Santa Clara |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 84 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 62 |
Pfr: | ArtoLe20 |
Highlights: |
Lee Robert Reno Artoe (March 2, 1917April 1, 2005) was an American professional football player for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC). 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 theSanta 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]