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White, Lee A., 1946-

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Lee White played professional football for the NY Jets, Los Angeles Rams, and San Diego Chargers. He returned to Las Vegas and entered the hotel casino industry as a dealer retiring twenty-five years later as a Vice President of Casino Operations.

A promising career as a first round draft pick resulted in an injury in his first professional game. He retired from football at the age of 28 and moved back to Las Vegas where he had grown up on the Westside. His career in the tourism industry included work at the Sands, MGM, Desert Inn, and the Tropicana.