Norm Standlee | |
Birth Date: | July 19, 1919 |
Birth Place: | Downey, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
Number: | 22, 72, 32 |
Position1: | FB, LB |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lb: | 238 |
College: | Stanford |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1941 |
Nfldraftedround: | 1 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 3 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Chicago Bears |
Playing Years1: | 1941 |
Playing Team1: | Chicago Bears |
Playing Years2: | 1946–1952 |
Playing Team2: | San Francisco 49ers |
Career Highlights: |
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Probowls: | 1950 |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 86 |
Statlabel2: | Starts |
Statvalue2: | 68 |
Databasefootball: | STANDNOR01 |
Norman S. Standlee (July 19, 1919 – January 5, 1981) was an American football fullback and, later in his career, linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted out of Stanford University in the first round with the third overall pick by the Chicago Bears in 1941.[1] He paid immediate dividends by finishing fourth in the league in rushing with a total of 414 yards and second in average per carry with 5.1. He helped the Chicago Bears to the league championship title over the New York Giants that year before serving in the armed forces in World War II.
Standlee was also the first fullback for the San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference, playing with Frankie Albert, Johnny Strzykalski, and Len Eshmont in that first backfield of the 49ers.
On January 5, 1981, he died of natural causes in a motel room. He was 61.[2]