Stillwell Saunooke
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| Position: | End / Wingback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 1, 1891 Whittier, North Carolina |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Carlisle Indian |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Stillwell Saunooke (September 1, 1891 - ?) was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 season. That season, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[1] Saunooke attend and played college football at the Carlisle Indian School located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was Cherokee. Saunooke served as Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians from 1891 to 1895.[2]
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
Notes[]
- ^ The Oorang Indians Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Government". Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
Categories:
- 1891 births
- Carlisle Indians football players
- Native American sportspeople
- Oorang Indians players
- Players of American football from North Carolina
- Principal Chiefs of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
- Native American people from North Carolina