Orville Lee Explained

Orville Lee
Birth Date:4 April 1964
Birth Place:Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Status:Retired
Import:no
Position1:Running back
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:200
College:Simon Fraser Clan
Cfldraftedyear:1988
Cfldraftedround:1
Cfldraftedpick:1
Cfldraftedteam:Ottawa Rough Riders
Playing Years1:1988–90
Playing Team1:Ottawa Rough Riders
Playing Years2:1990–91
Playing Team2:Saskatchewan Roughriders
Playing Years3:1992
Playing Team3:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Cfleastallstar:1988
Awards:

Orville Lee (born April 4, 1964) is a retired Canadian Football League running back.

He was drafted by the Ottawa Rough Riders with the first overall pick in the 1988 CFL Draft from Simon Fraser University. In his rookie year he racked up 1075 rushing yards to lead the CFL becoming only the fifth Canadian (Normie Kwong, Gerry James, Bob Swift and Ron Stewart being the others) to accomplish that feat. He later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats before retiring in 1992.[1] [2] His son, Jamall Lee was a member of the BC Lions.

He now runs a non-profit organization called Pathfinder Youth Center Society, for at Risk Kids in BC along with his wife Ruth Lee.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orville Lee - Running Back - 1988-92 - Simon Fraser. CFL Historical. 2009-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20090807012528/http://geocities.com/cfl_historical/Lee.Orville.htm. 2009-08-07.
  2. News: Back to the future. Beamish. Mike . 2007-08-16. Vancouver Sun. 2009-03-15.