Lee Croft
Personal information
Born:(1898-11-05)November 5, 1898
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died:January 28, 1984(1984-01-28) (aged 85)
Ector, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College:Wisconsin-Platteville
Position:Guard
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:1
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Leland Reynolds Croft (November 5, 1898 – January 28, 1984) was an American football player and petroleum engineer.

Croft was born in 1898 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, and attended Mineral Point High School.[1] He attended the Wisconsin School of Engineering where he received a degree in petroleum engineering.[2]

He played one game as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Racine Legion during the 1924 NFL season.[1]

Croft moved Texas by the 1930s. As of 1935, he was employed Stanolind Oil Company in Houston.[2] He moved to Odessa, Texas, in 1945. He worked a geologist, engineer, and appraiser in the oil business. From 1954 to 1964, he also served on the board of regents of Odessa College. He died in 1984 at the Medical Center Hospital in Odessa.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lee Croft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  2. 1 2 "Leland Crofts On Honeymoon". The Odessa American. August 16, 1935. p. 5 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Leland Croft". The Odessaa American. January 30, 1984. p. 2B via Newspapers.com.


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