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."Simon Fraser University Athletics Hall of Fame - Orville Lee 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. 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 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 2321075 4.6 61 2 Ottawa Rough Riders 16137 3982.9 22 0 Ottawa Rough Riders 4 817 2.1 7 0 Saskatchewan Roughriders 1322 130 5.9 40 2 Saskatchewan Roughriders 525 68 2.7 12 1 Hamilton Tiger Cats 18120 4163.5 28 5 CFL totals 74 544 2104 3.9 61 10
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