Art Best
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| Position: | Running back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 18, 1953 Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died: | October 14, 2014 (aged 61) Pickerington, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Columbus (OH) Bishop Hartley |
| College: | Kent State |
| NFL draft: | 1977 / round: 6 / pick: 156 (by the Los Angeles Rams)[1] |
| Career history | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Arthur Robie Best (March 18, 1953 – October 14, 2014) was an American football running back who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the sixth round of the 1977 NFL draft. He first enrolled at the University of Notre Dame before transferring to Kent State University. Best attended Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus, Ohio.[2] Best died on October 14, 2014, in Pickerington, Ohio. He had cancer and liver problems for at least five years before his death.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "1977 Los Angeles Rams". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "ART BEST". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ "Art Best, former Hartley and Notre Dame football star, dies at 61". dispatch.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
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