Orville Lee (born April 4, 1964) is a retired Canadian Football League running back. He was drafted by the

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

with the first overall pick in the

1988 CFL Draft The 1988 CFL Draft composed of eight rounds where 64 Canadian football players were chosen from eligible Canadian universities and Canadian players playing in the NCAA. This was the first draft not to feature a Montreal franchise, as the Alouettes ...

from Simon Fraser University. In his rookie year he racked up 1075 rushing yards to lead the CFL becoming only the fifth Canadian ( Normie Kwong,

Gerry James Edwin Fitzgerald (Gerry) James (born October 22, 1934) is a former professional Canadian football running back and professional ice hockey player. He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Toronto Ma ...

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and Ron Stewart being the others) to accomplish that feat. He later played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and

Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Tim Hortons Fiel ...

before retiring in 1992. His son,

Jamall Lee Jamall Lee (born March 13, 1987) is a former professional Canadian football running back who played for three seasons for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League as an un ...

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.

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Living people 1964 births Canadian football running backs Canadian players of Canadian football Jamaican players of Canadian football Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Ottawa Rough Riders players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Simon Fraser Clan football players Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners People from Saint Ann Parish Jamaican emigrants to Canada {{Canadianfootball-runningback-stub