BATON ROUGE -- Felix Holmes “Buddy” Lee, who played quarterback for LSU in 1968-70, passed away in Florida on April 10 after a lengthy illness at the age of 67.
Lee was born in Baton Rouge and grew up in nearby Zachary where he played high school football and earned All-District honors in football, basketball and basketball.
He graduated from LSU and was a member of the team that won the 1970 Southeastern Conference championship team. That team finished 9-2 and 5-0 in the SEC and lost to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
In 1970 he completed 73 of 138 passes for 1,162 yards and six touchdowns, including a long of 73 yards.