The Oorang Indians (/ˈuːræŋ/) were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio (near Marion). The franchise was a novelty team put...
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The 1922 Oorang Indians season was their inaugural season in the league. The team finished 3–6, finishing eleventh in the league. Note: Tie games were...
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List of players by defunct NFL franchises (Hammond Pros–Washington Senators) (redirect from List of Oorang Indians players)
of the franchises, see List of players by defunct NFL franchises (Akron Indians/Pros–Frankford Yellow Jackets). Anderson Dunc Annan Mose Bashaw Gene Bedford...
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Airedale Terrier (redirect from Oorang airedale)
Lingo's death in 1969. To help promote the King Oorang, as well as his kennels, Lingo created the Oorang Indians football team headed up by Jim Thorpe. The...
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in the late 1930s. A festival called the "Oorang Bang" in honor of the Oorang Indians, Thorpe, and Oorang Airedales was held on the second weekend of...
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champion". Indian Country Times. February 13, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022. "Chicago Bears Levi Horn Visits Spokane Tribe of Indians". Indian Country...
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League's Oorang Indians in 1922 and 1923, a traveling team of Native American players that was also led by Jim Thorpe. LaRue was home to Oorang Kennels...
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The 1923 Oorang Indians season was their second and final season in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous league record of 3–6, winning...
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called the Indians because they were made up entirely of Native Americans, and Oorang came from Lingo's Oorang Kennel Company. The Indians players participated...
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Jim Thorpe (category Oorang Indians players)
well. Between 1921 and 1923, he helped organize and played for the Oorang Indians (LaRue, Ohio), an all-Native American team. Although the team's record...
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field an all–Native American NFL team called the Oorang Indians. In the 1970s, Dr. Dalsukh Madia, an Indian American, became head of the Smith Center at Marion...
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1922. Four new franchises were awarded. A new and distinct Cleveland Indians franchise was formed. Two other teams joined the NFL, the Duluth Kelleys...
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Walter Lingo (category Oorang Indians)
owned the Oorang Dog Kennels. As a way of promoting his kennels, Lingo financed a National Football League franchise, called the Oorang Indians in 1922...
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season, including new league teams such as the Milwaukee Badgers, the Oorang Indians, the Racine Legion, and the Toledo Maroons. Technically, it was also...
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National Football League had such road teams (such as the Hammond Pros, Oorang Indians, and Columbus Panhandles) in the formative years of the league. Recently...
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sales. The Breck did manage to play the Oorang Indians in Louisville, for the team's very last NFL game. The Indians were an all-Native American football...
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Pete Calac (category Oorang Indians players)
career he played for the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Oorang Indians and the Buffalo Bisons. Calac was born on May 13, 1892...
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revoked. Five defunct NFL franchises (the Akron Pros/Indians, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Bulldogs/Indians, Frankford Yellow Jackets, and Providence Steamrollers)...
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Cleveland Tigers (NFL) (redirect from Cleveland Indians (NFL 1921))
canceled. Guyon and Thorpe went off to LaRue, Ohio to form the Oorang Indians. A new Indians franchise was later purchased by Samuel Deutsch who operated...
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Joe Guyon (category Oorang Indians players)
played seven more seasons with the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Oorang Indians, Rock Island Independents, Kansas City Cowboys, and the New York...
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Chicago Bears 0 Chicago Cardinals 6 Milwaukee Badgers 0 Racine Legion 3 Oorang Indians 18 Columbus Panhandles 6 Akron Pros 0 Canton Bulldogs 14 November 29...
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coach Clyde Moody – bluegrass musician Stan Powell – NFL player for the Oorang Indians Cherokee Central Schools operates the K–12 public schools. Cherokee...
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when the All-Stars played the Oorang Indians, featuring Jim Thorpe, in front of 5,000 fans the following week. The Indians were a popular attraction in...
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Dick Deer Slayer (category Oorang Indians players)
Football League. A Native American, Dick played for the Oorang Indians during the 1922 season. The Indians were a team composed only of Native American players...
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List of Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees from defunct NFL franchises (section Oorang, Pottsville, Providence)
Canton Bulldogs, they next played for the 1921 Cleveland Indians, 1922–1923 Oorang Indians, and the 1924 Rock Island Independents. Hall of Famers who...
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Buck Jones (American football) (category Oorang Indians players)
attended Haskell Institute. In 1922, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians for two games. The Indians were an early NFL franchise based in LaRue, Ohio, composed...
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Louisville Brecks, Oorang Indians, St. Louis All Stars and Toledo Maroons folded. Before the season, the owner of the now-defunct Cleveland Indians bought the...
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Stan Powell (category Oorang Indians players)
League during the 1923 season. That season, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans...
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Jack Nason (category Oorang Indians players)
League during the 1922 and 1923 seasons. He joined the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans...
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American Indian Little League, Palmdale, California Dornbirn Indians, Redskins, and "Little Indians", a youth baseball club in Austria. Skokie Indians, Skokie...
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