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| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: October 5, 1889 | |
| Place of birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States | |
| Date of death: February 8, 1962 (aged 72) | |
| Place of death: Luther, Oklahoma | |
| Career information | |
| College: Carlisle | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| * Oorang Indians ( 1923) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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 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[]
- ↑ Ongoing Research Project Uniform Numbers of the NFL Pre-1933
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127050226/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- ↑ http://tombenjey.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/decline-of-american-indians-in-sports/