Robert Melville Lee is a former professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player. He graduated from Lowell High School (San Francisco)

Lowell High School (San Francisco)

Lowell High School is a public magnet school in San Francisco, California. The school opened in 1856 as the Union Grammar School and attained its current name in 1896. Lowell moved to its current location in the Merced Manor neighborhood in 1962....

 in 1963. Nicknamed "General" Bob Lee during a brief period of success with the Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

, Lee was selected in the 17th round by the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

 in the 1968 NFL Draft

1968 NFL Draft

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. A quarterback

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 and punter

Punter (football position)

A punter in American or Canadian football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage. This generally happens on a fourth down in American football and a...

 from the University of the Pacific, Lee played in 14 NFL

National Football League

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 seasons from 1967-1981 for 3 different teams.

As a member of the Vikings, he saw action as a punter in Super Bowl IV

Super Bowl IV

Super Bowl IV was the fourth AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, and the second one to officially bear the name "Super Bowl"...

 and he threw a touchdown pass in Super Bowl XI

Super Bowl XI

Super Bowl XI was a football game played on January 9, 1977 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1976 regular season...

. With starting QB Fran Tarkenton

Fran Tarkenton

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's late season injury in the 1977 season, Lee started and led the Vikings to a 14-7 win over the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round of the Playoffs. The game was infamous due to the muddy conditions. Lee started the NFC Championship the next week as well against the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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, but the Vikings lost 23-6. He was also a backup in Super Bowl XIV

Super Bowl XIV

Super Bowl XIV was an American football game played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1979 regular season...

 as a member of the Los Angeles Rams.

His son, Zac Lee, was the starting quarterback for the University of Nebraska for most of the 2009 season. His daughter Jenna Lee

Jenna Lee

Jennifer Anne "Jenna" Lee is an American journalist and anchor on the Fox News Channel, where she co-hosts Happening Now with Jon Scott...

 is a former anchor for Fox Business Network

Fox Business Network

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 (which spun off from Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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), but now is an anchor on Fox News Channel

He was the first (of two) quarterbacks to post both a perfect a quarterback rating and a zero passer rating over the course of their careers.