High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Maurice Lee "Footsie" Britt, Jr. (June 29, 1919–November 26, 1995), was an American professional football player, World War II hero received the Medal of Honor, businessman, and Republican politician from Arkansas. He played for the Detroit Lions and later served from 1967-1971 as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of his home state during the administration of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller. Rockefeller and Britt were the first Republicans to have served in their state`s top two offices since Reconstruction.