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My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw. [18] Thorpe was a third-team All-American in 1908 [26] and a first-team All-American in 1911 and 1912. [5] Football was – and remained – Thorpe's favorite sport. [27]
Ryneldi Becenti, first Native American to play in the WNBA, [46] first Native American woman to play professional basketball for a foreign nation [47] Joe Burton, first Native American to earn a scholarship to a Pac-10 conference [48] Sonny Dove, Wampanoag N.B.A. basketball player Detroit Pistons and New York Nets
Franklin Pierce Mount Pleasant Jr. (June 13, 1884 – April 12, 1937) was a Native American football player, track and field athlete, and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and Dickinson College and graduated from Dickinson in 1910. He was the first Native American to ...
Jan. 26—When Los Alamos resident Mike Katko set out to write his first novel, he initially planned to base it off the life of one of his heroes, Native American NFL player Jim Thorpe. However ...
15 years probation, $40,000 restitution to American Express, First Union Bank and others. [211] Re-sentenced in 2007 to five years imprisonment. [212] Florida (Sarasota County) November 20, 2007 (conviction) Grand theft 3 years, 4 months, 18 days imprisonment Clay was released in 2012 [212] Ty Cobb: Detroit Tigers: Michigan (Wayne County) June ...
William Henry "Lone Star" Dietz (August 17, 1884 – July 20, 1964) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head college football coach at Washington State University, Purdue University, Louisiana Tech University, University of Wyoming, Haskell Institute—now known as Haskell Indian Nations University, and Albright College.
Herman Peter Hauser (June 10, 1887 – July 21, 1935) was a United States Native American football player. He played for the Haskell Indians football team from 1904 to 1905 and for the Carlisle Indians football team from 1906 to 1910 and was selected as a consensus first-team fullback on the 1907 College Football All-America Team. He was a ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.