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DeutschBill Newashe
| No. 24[1] | |
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| 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 | |
| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
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
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ongoing Research Project Uniform Numbers of the NFL Pre-1933
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Decline of American Indians in Sports". August 31, 2008.
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