Bill Newashe
| No. 24[1] | |
|---|---|
| Position: | Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 5, 1889 Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States |
| Died: | February 8, 1962 (aged 72) Luther, Oklahoma |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Carlisle |
| Career history | |
| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
William O. Newashe (October 5, 1889 – February 8, 1962) was a professional football player. He attended high school and college at the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Newashe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,[2] played five games in the National Football League during the 1923 season with the Oorang Indians.
He was married to Myrtle Cowan. They had a daughter, Suzanne Newashe Underwood, who was the mother to Rebecca Lea Lewis Dean.
He had a sister, Emma Newashe, who was the grandmother to Donna Newashe McAllister. Bill was a Native American and a member of the Sac and Fox nation.[3] Newashe also played basketball and baseball at Carlisle participated in track, competing in the hammer throw. Newahse played for the Harrisburg baseball team as a pitcher and later for the Jackson, Michigan baseball team. He was a teammate of Jim Thorpe at Carlisle. He served as a pall bearer at Thorpe's death
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- ^ Ongoing Research Project Uniform Numbers of the NFL Pre-1933
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- 1899 births
- 1962 deaths
- American football tackles
- Native American sportspeople
- Oorang Indians players
- Carlisle Indians football players
- Players of American football from Oklahoma
- Sportspeople from Shawnee, Oklahoma
- Sac and Fox people
- 20th-century Native Americans