| No. 12 | |
| End / Wingback | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: September 1, 1891 | |
| Place of birth: Whittier, North Carolina | |
| Career information | |
| College: Carlisle 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 | |
Stillwell Saunooke (September 1, 1891 - ?) was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 season. That season, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[1] Saunooke attend and played college football at the Carlisle Indian School located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was a Cherokee.
References[]
- 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.
- Uniform Numbers of the NFL
Notes[]
- ↑ The Oorang Indians Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine