Leon Pense

{{Short description|American football player (1922–2015)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Leon Pense

| number = 18

| position = Back

| birth_date = {{birth date |1922|2|5}}

| birth_place = Chewey, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|22|1922|2|5}}

| death_place = Crockett, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 170

| high_school = Bartlesville (OK)

| college = Arkansas

| draftyear = 1945

| draftround = 9

| draftpick = 79

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1945}})

| highlights =

• First-team All-SWC (1943)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 1

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 0.2

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 1

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 32

| pfr = P/PensLe20

}}

James Leon Pense (February 5, 1922 – January 22, 2015) was an American football blocking back who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at the University of Arkansas and attended Bartlesville High School in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.{{cite web|url=http://www.callawayallee.com/james-leon-pete-pense/|title=James Leon "Pete" Pense|work=callawayallee.com}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iT7iAAAAMAAJ&q=Leon+Pense+Arkansas|title=The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide|work=google.ca|year=1944}}