Mark Anthony Lee (born March 20, 1958) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover Wide receiver, receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such Play from scrimmage, offensive running plays as sweep ...

in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the

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. He played college football at

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. Lee was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 2017. Lee also played for the

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National ...

and

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

Lee was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the

. He played for the Packers from 1980 to 1990 and started 140 of 157 games and recorded 31

interception In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team ...

s. Lee had a career high nine interceptions in the 1986 season, which as of 2017, is still the second most in a single season in Packers history. On July 22, 2017 he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints

Lee played the 1991 season for the

and

. He started four of five games and had an interception with the 49ers and started two of three games for the Saints.

References

External links

Green Bay Packers bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Mark 1958 births Living people Players of American football from Hanford, California American football cornerbacks Washington Huskies football players Green Bay Packers players San Francisco 49ers players New Orleans Saints players