Joe Pappio

Joe Pappio
	Joe Pappio – second row middle
No. 33
Position:	Offensive lineman
Personal information
Born:	October 1, 1902; Sawyer, Minnesota
Died:	August 22, 1971 (aged 68)
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
College:	Haskell Indian
Career history
	Oorang Indians (1923); Hominy Indians (1924–1929); Chicago Cardinals (1930);
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Joseph Pappio (October 1, 1902 – August 22, 1971), a Chippewa Indian, was a professional football player in the National Football League during the 1923 season. That season, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians, a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.^[1] In 1924, Pappio played football for the Hominy Indians, an independent team from Hominy, Oklahoma, that too was composed entirely of Native Americans. In 1927 the Indians defeated the 1927 NFL champions, the New York Giants, 13–6.^{[citation needed]} In 1930, Pappio returned to the NFL to play the 1930 season with the Chicago Cardinals. Pappio attended and played college football at the Haskell Indian Nations University.

References[]

Whitman, Robert L. (1984). Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: The N.F.L.'s Most Colorful Franchise. [Mount Gilead, OH]: Marion County Historical Society. OCLC 717439558.
Uniform Numbers of the NFL

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