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Pages in category "Cleveland Indians players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,714 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chief Wahoo was a logo used by the Cleveland Indians (now the Cleveland Guardians), a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio. As part of the larger Native American mascot controversy, the logo drew criticism from Native Americans, social scientists, and religious and educational groups, but was popular among fans of the ...
Legal scholar Steve Russell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation [34] stated in 2001: "The Cleveland Indians are probably the least offensively named professional team, until you meet Chief Wahoo. It is like naming a team the 'African-American Freedom Fighters' and then making Sambo the mascot.
At the professional level, teams like the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks, and Cleveland Indians have drawn very little controversy over their use of Native American symbols. Polling in 2020 shows that a majority of Native American people NOT caring about team names, mascots, chants, and dances that imitate native culture ...
John Joseph Adams (October 9, 1951 – January 30, 2023) was an American who was regarded as a superfan of the Cleveland Indians, a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. Adams played his bass drum in the bleacher seats during nearly every Indians home game from August 24, 1973 against the Texas Rangers through 2019, which brought ...
The Cleveland Indians selected Merritt in the 16th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft. [1] [2] Merritt spent the next five seasons in the Indians' farm system.In 2014, he had a 13–3 win–loss record and a 2.58 earned run average (ERA) for the Carolina Mudcats, and followed that up with 12 wins in 2015 between the Columbus Clippers and the Akron Aeros, the Indians' Triple–A and ...
This category is all National Football League players who played for the Cleveland Tigers (NFL) when they were renamed the Cleveland Indians in 1921. Pages in category "Cleveland Indians (NFL) players"
David Pope (June 17, 1921 – August 28, 1999) was an American Negro league and Major League Baseball outfielder who played one inning for the Homestead Grays and for four seasons in MLB for the Cleveland Indians in 1952, and from 1954 to 1955.