{{Short description|American football player (1903–1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography |image= |caption= |image_size= |position=Center |number= |birth_date={{birth date|1903|07|28}} |birth_place=Saginaw, Michigan |death_date={{Death date and age|1989|07|28|1903|07|28|mf=y}} |death_place=Saginaw, Michigan |height_ft=6 |height_in=2 |weight_lbs=210 |high_school=Arthur Hill (MI) |college=West Virginia Wesleyan <br> Washington University |teams= * Brooklyn Dodgers ({{NFL Year|1930}}) |highlights= |pfr=ScheSk20 }} '''Lee Raymond "Skippy" Scheib''' (July 28, 1903 – February 27, 1989) was an American football player.
A native of Saginaw, Michigan, he attended Arthur Hill High School. He then played college football as a center for West Virginia Wesleyan and Washington University in St. Louis.<ref name=PFR/> He was the captain of the 1928 Washington University Bears football team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bears Will Work Against Plays of Haskell Indians: Lee Scheib Is Elected Captain of Washington Football Squad|newspaper=The St. Louis Star|date=October 31, 1928|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lee Scheib Chosen Captain of Washington U. Football Team|newspaper=St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat|date=October 31, 1928|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55579484/lee-scheib-chosen-captain-of-washington/}}</ref>
Scheib later played in the National Football League (NFL) as a center for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He appeared in six NFL games during the 1930 season, all as a starter.<ref name=PFR>{{cite web|title=Skippy Scheib|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/ScheSk20.htm}}</ref>
He died in Saginaw in 1989 at age 86.<ref name=PFR/>
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