James Parrish Lee (June 6, 1870 – September 14, 1941) was an American college football player, track and field athlete, and lawyer.

His father Charles Carroll Lee, was a Union Army surgeon in the American Civil War and later president of the Medical Society of New York County.

Lee capped the 1890 season with a long touchdown run to give Harvard its first victory since 1876 in the Harvard–Yale football rivalry.

[3] Lee was also a member of Harvard's track team, competing in the 220-yard dash, the quarter mile and the low hurdles.

[1] He continued to compete in track while he was a student at Columbia Law School and as a member of the New York Athletic Club.