Ron Lee (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1953)}}

{{for|the American football offensive lineman and tight end|Ronnie Lee (American football)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Ron Lee

|image = Lee-Ron-1977.jpg

|image_size =

|caption = Lee in 1977

|number=34

|position=Running back

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1953|9|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Bellaire, Ohio, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|weight_lb=234

|height_in=4

|high_school=Bellaire

|college=West Virginia

|draftyear=1976

|draftround=3

|draftpick=90

|pastteams=* Baltimore Colts ({{NFL Year|1976|1978}})

|statlabel1 = Games played

|statvalue1 = 42

|statlabel2 = Starts

|statvalue2 = 8

|statlabel3 = Carries

|statvalue3 = 206

|statlabel4 = Rushing yards

|statvalue4 = 940

|statlabel5 = Rushing TDs

|statvalue5 = 5

|pfr=LeexRo00

}}

Ron Lee (born September 17, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for four seasons for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL).[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LeexRo00.htm Ron Lee]. Pro Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2012. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Throughout his college and professional football career Lee alternated at both the halfback and fullback positions.Wilt Browning (ed.), Baltimore Colts 1977 Media Guide. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Colts Football Club, 1977, p. 29. He played fullback at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Ohio where he had 1,242 yards rushing and 144 points in his career. He is a member of the Bellaire High School Hall of Fame.