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Ryneldi Becenti, first Native American to play in the WNBA, [46] first Native American woman to play professional basketball for a foreign nation [47] Joe Burton, first Native American to earn a scholarship to a Pac-10 conference [48] Sonny Dove, Wampanoag N.B.A. basketball player Detroit Pistons and New York Nets
My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw. [18] Thorpe was a third-team All-American in 1908 [26] and a first-team All-American in 1911 and 1912. [5] Football was – and remained – Thorpe's favorite sport. [27]
Pages in category "Native American players of American football" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (Anishinaabe: O-Gee-Chidah, translated as "Big Brave"; [1] November 26, 1892 – November 27, 1971) was an American Indian from the Ojibwa tribe (Chippewa) who was an American football and baseball player and coach.
25 Famous Native Americans to Have on Your Radar Steve Granitz (l), Patricia De Melo Moreira (r) ... College Football Playoff: Notre Dame beats Penn State 27-24 on late field goal. Sports.
All of the Indians players were Native American, with Jim Thorpe serving as its leading player and coach. The team played in the National Football League in 1922 and 1923 . Of the 20 games they played over two seasons, only one was played at "home" in nearby Marion.
An early football team, called the "Pirates", at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was founded in 1879 by an American cavalry officer, Richard Henry Pratt, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to facilitate the assimilation of the Native American population into mainstream American ...
Edward Hugh McDaniel [2] (June 19, 1938 – April 18, 2002) was an American [3] professional football player and professional wrestler better known by his ring name Wahoo McDaniel. He is notable for having held the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship five times.