Buck Jones (American football)
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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 | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||
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| College: | Haskell Indian | ||
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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
- ↑ http://www.profootballarchives.com/whit15700.html
- ↑ "NFL Players who attended Haskell Indian Nations University". databaseSports.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ↑ "The Oorang Indians" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. 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.
External links
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