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| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: October 23, 1888 | |
| Place of birth: Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, New York | |
| Date of death: September 8, 1985 (aged 96)[1] | |
| Place of death: Lewiston, New York | |
| Career information | |
| College: Haskell Indian | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| * Oorang Indians (1922) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Horatio "White Cloud" Jones (October 23, 1888 – September 8, 1985) was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 season.
Biography[]
Jones was born on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation and attended Haskell Indian Nations University.[2] In 1922, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians for two games. The Indians were an early NFL franchise based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[3]
References[]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150309184321/http://www.profootballarchives.com/whit15700.html. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ↑ "NFL Players who attended Haskell Indian Nations University". databaseSports.com. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=Haskell+Indian+Nations+University. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ↑ "The Oorang Indians". The Coffin Corner. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127050226/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
Further reading[]
- 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.
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