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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
Unselected in the 1973 NFL draft, Sixkiller had tryouts with the Los Angeles Rams in 1973, [6] and with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 1974. He signed with the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League in September 1974, [8] and played with The Hawaiians in 1975, [9] Sixkiller and several other players quit the troubled team late in the season after the players ...
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]
The chief of a local First Nation applauded the move but was disappointed the mascot was part of the team for 20 years. [20] Hannover Indians (German Oberliga) Malmö Redhawks (Swedish Hockey League) Memmingen Indians (German Oberliga) HC Škoda Plzeň, Czech Republic (Czech Extraliga) uses a Native American logo. [15] Seattle Thunderbirds
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 ...
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 ...
Ryneldi Becenti was the first Native American to play in the WNBA, paving the way for generations of Diné women. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
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.