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| Harvard Crimson | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1870-06-06)June 6, 1870 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 1941(1941-09-14) (aged 71) Southampton, New York, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Harvard (1889–1890) Columbia |
| Awards and highlights | |
| ConsensusAll-American (1889) | |
James Parrish Lee (June 6, 1870 – September 14, 1941) was an Americancollege football player,track and field athlete, and lawyer. He played college football atHarvard University and was a consensus selection at thehalfback position on the1889 All-America college football team.
Lee was born inNew York City in 1870. His father Charles Carroll Lee, was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War and later president of the Medical Society of New York County. He was a cousin ofRobert E. Lee and a descendant ofRichard Lee I andCharles Carroll of Carrollton.[1]
Lee attendedHarvard College where he was a member of theHarvard Crimson football team. He was a consensus first-team selection at the halfback position for the1889 College Football All-America Team.[2] The following year, he led the1890 Harvard Crimson football team to an undefeated 11–0 record. Lee capped the 1890 season with a long touchdown run to give Harvard its first victory since 1876 in theHarvard–Yale football rivalry.[1]The New York Times described Lee's touchdown run as "a brilliant open play" around the right end of the line.[3]
Lee was also a member of Harvard's track team, competing in the 220-yard dash, the quarter mile and the low hurdles. He set a world record in the low hurdles.[1] He continued to compete in track while he was a student atColumbia Law School and as a member of theNew York Athletic Club.[1]
After receiving hisLL.B. degree from Columbia, Lee practiced law with the New York firm of Anderson, Pendleton & Anderson. He was also an officer of Hecker Cereal Company, Southwestern Milling Company and Standard Milling Company.[1] He was married to Clara Lothrop Lincoln in 1896, and they had six children.[1][4]
Lee died in 1941 at the age of 71 while playing tennis at the Meadow Club inSouthampton, New York. While playing tennis with his son-in-law and "was about to serve and had called the score, 'thirty love,' when he coughed and staggered." He was dead by the time his son-in-law reached him from the other side of the net.[1]