Bill Lee (football player)

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Bill Lee (football player)
Position (s):
Offensive tackle 		Jersey number (s):
40
born August 19, 1911 in Eutaw , Alabama
died on June 23, 1998 , ibid
Career information
Active : 1935 - 1946
College : University of Alabama
Teams
Career statistics
Games     82
as a starter     60
Interception     1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

William Earl "Bill" Lee (born August 19, 1911 in Eutaw , Alabama , USA ; † June 23, 1998 , ibid) was an American American football player . He played as an offensive tackle in the NFL .

Player career

The 188 cm tall and 105 kg heavy Bill Lee first played at college at the University of Alabama . In 1935 he received a contract offer from the Brooklyn Dodgers to an NFL team from New York City . In 1937 he switched to the Green Bay Packers during the season , where he was responsible for protecting the quarterbacks Arnie Herber and Cecil Isbell . At the same time, he had the task of Isbell, who also came up as tailback , to block the way into the opposing end zone . In 1939 Lee was able to win the NFL championship with the Packers 27-0 against the New York Giants . In 1942 he ended his career to play again in 1946 for four games for the Packers. Bill Lee is buried in Mesopotamia Cemetery in the city of his birth.

Honors

Lee is a member of the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team . He was voted All-Pro twice and played in a Pro Bowl .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description by Bill Lee
  2. ^ Alabama played in the Southern Conference from 1919 to 1932. From 1933 to the present, the Tide has been a part of the Southeastern Conference. - List of University of Alabama students who play or have played in the NFL
  3. ↑ Annual statistics of the Packers 1939
  4. ↑ Bill Lee's Tomb in the Find a Grave database

Web links

source

  • Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
NFL 1930s All-Decade Team

Earl Clark  | Arnie Herber  | Cecil Isbell  | Cliff Battles  | John McNally  | Beattie Feathers  | Tuffy Leemans  | Ken Strong  | Clarke Hinkle  | Bronko Nagurski  | Bill Hewitt  | Don Hutson  | Wayne Millner  | Gaynell Tinsley  | George Christensen  | Frank Cope  | Turk Edwards  | Bill Lee  | Joe Stydahar  | Ox Emerson  | Dan Fortmann  | Charles Goldenberg  | Russ Letlow  | Mel Hein  | George Svendsen

personal data
SURNAME Lee, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lee, William Earl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Eutaw , Alabama, USA
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1998
Place of death Eutaw , Alabama