Stillwell Saunooke
Appearance
No. 12 | |
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Position: | End / Wingback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Whittier, North Carolina | September 1, 1891
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Carlisle Indian |
Career history | |
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Player stats at PFR |
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