Woodchuck Welmas
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Position: | End |
Personal information | |
Born: | February 26, 1891 California, United States |
Died: | November 15, 1968 Riverside County, California | (aged 77)
Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Carlisle Indian |
Career history | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Philip J. "Woodchuck" Welmas (February 26, 1891 - November 15, 1968) was a Native American professional football player in the early National Football League. He was a member of the Cupeño people.[1]
Welmas played in four games in the NFL with the Oorang Indians for the 1923 season. He ended his professional career after the Indians disbanded in 1923.
Welmas attended college and played college football at the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Notes[]
- ^ "Mission Indians at the Carlisle Indian School (1879-1918)." Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Accessed March 25, 2011.
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Categories:
- 1891 births
- Native American sportspeople
- Players of American football from California
- Oorang Indians players
- Carlisle Indians football players
- Carlisle Indian Industrial School alumni
- 1968 deaths
- Cupeno