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The team lost all of their first nine games, all against NFL opponents, and were outscored 235–12. The Indians finally won their first game of the season against the independent Marion Athletics, 33–0, before splitting their last two games, a 22–19 loss against the Chicago Cardinals and a 19–0 win over the Louisville Brecks. [6]
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
After his football career ended, St. Germaine became a tribal judge and, in 1932, was the first Native-American admitted to the bar in Wisconsin. When United States President Franklin Roosevelt ended the Native-American assimilation policies, St. Germaine served as the spokesman for the Lac du Flambeau delegation at the Hayward, Wisconsin ...
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]
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 ...
Frank Hudson (1875 – December 24, 1950) was a football player and coach who was a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe from New Mexico. He played college football for the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1895 to 1899 and was considered the greatest kicker in the early years of American football. In 1898, he became the first Native American ...
Astronaut, engineer, and US Naval Aviator John Herrington made history in 2002 when he became the first Native American to fly into space. To honor the historic moment, he brought six eagle ...
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