Joe Pappio
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| Position: | Offensive lineman |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 1, 1902 Sawyer, Minnesota |
| Died: | August 22, 1971 (aged 68) |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 183 lb (83 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Haskell Indian |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Joseph Pappio (October 1, 1902 – August 22, 1971), a Chippewa Indian, was a professional football player in the National Football League during the 1923 season. That season, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians, a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[1] In 1924, Pappio played football for the Hominy Indians, an independent team from Hominy, Oklahoma, that too was composed entirely of Native Americans. In 1927 the Indians defeated the 1927 NFL champions, the New York Giants, 13–6.[2] In 1930, Pappio returned to the NFL to play the 1930 season with the Chicago Cardinals. Pappio attended and played college football at the Haskell Indian Nations University.
He married Nell Saunkeah Pappio (Kiowa) and had three children: Barbara Jo Pappio Poe (1932–2013), Joe (Buddy) Pappio Jr. (1937–2011), and Marjorie Pappio (1940–2012). Barbara had three children: Susan Diana Poe Ryan (1960), Joe Edward Poe Jr. (1961) and Jeffrey Joseph Poe (1972). Susan has two children, Patrick Ryan (1993) and Molly Ryan (1991). Jeffrey has two children, Austin Poe (2005) and Kinsley Kay Poe (2010). Joe and Nell were co-founders of the Oklahoma City Pow Wow Club in 1950. He worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Merchant Marine in WWII, and later in civil service at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.
Barbara Poe served on the Kiowa Business Committee in 1987–88. Her son, Joe Jr. currently serves as the Chairman of the Oklahoma City Pow Wow Club.
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
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
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