William Earl Lee Sr. (August 19, 1911 – June 23, 1998) was an

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player.NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1930s
/ref> Lee played in 82 career games while starting in 60 of them. He played in each game of his first two seasons with the Dodgers; after playing five games with the Dodgers, he was moved to the

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, where he played in four games. In his next four seasons, he played in every game of those seasons. He played in just one game of the 1942 season, and he played in just four games in 1946. Lee is one of ten players that were named to the

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that have not been inducted into the

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* 1911 births 1998 deaths American football tackles Alabama Crimson Tide football players Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players Green Bay Packers players All-American college football players People from Eutaw, Alabama Players of American football from Alabama {{defensive-lineman-1910s-stub