Orville Lee

Orville Lee
Date of birth	April 4, 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	RB
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg)
US college	Simon Fraser Clan
CFL draft	1988 / round: 1 / pick: 1
Drafted by	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career history
As player
1988–90	Ottawa Rough Riders
1990–91	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1992	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
CFL East All-Star	1988
Awards	Most Outstanding Rookie (1988); Lew Hayman Trophy (1988);

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. While at university from 1984 to 1987, Orville "rushed for a school record 3,446 career yards and held 14 other SFU records when his four-year career had ended."^[1] He was enshrined in the Simon Fraser University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.

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.^[2]^[3] 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.

Career regular season rushing statistics

CFL Statistics			Rushing
Year	Team	GP	Rush	Yards	Y/R	Lg	TD
1988	Ottawa Rough Riders	18	232	1075	4.6	61	2
1989	Ottawa Rough Riders	16	137	398	2.9	22	0
1990	Ottawa Rough Riders	4	8	17	2.1	7	0
1990	Saskatchewan Roughriders	13	22	130	5.9	40	2
1991	Saskatchewan Roughriders	5	25	68	2.7	12	1
1992	Hamilton Tiger Cats	18	120	416	3.5	28	5
	CFL Totals	74	544	2104	3.9	61	10

References

^ Simon Fraser University Athletics Hall of Fame - Orville Lee
^ "Orville Lee - Running Back - 1988-92 - Simon Fraser". CFL Historical. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
^ Beamish, Mike (2007-08-16). "Back to the future". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2009-03-15.

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[1] Simon Fraser University Athletics Hall of Fame - Orville Lee

[2] "Orville Lee - Running Back - 1988-92 - Simon Fraser". CFL Historical. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-03-15.

[3] Beamish, Mike (2007-08-16). "Back to the future". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2009-03-15.

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