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'''Chief Xavier Downwind''' aka '''Red Fang''' was a professional [[American football|football]] player who played in the [[National Football League]] during the [[1922 NFL season|1922]] and [[1923 NFL season|1923]] seasons. He played [[college football]] at the [[Carlisle Indian School]], located in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], before joining the NFL's [[Oorang Indians]]. The Indians were a team based in [[LaRue, Ohio]], composed only of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], and coached by [[Jim Thorpe]]. Downwind was a [[Chippewa]].<ref>http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf</ref> |
'''Chief Xavier Downwind''' aka '''Red Fang''' was a professional [[American football|football]] player who played in the [[National Football League]] during the [[1922 NFL season|1922]] and [[1923 NFL season|1923]] seasons. He played [[college football]] at the [[Carlisle Indian School]], located in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]], before joining the NFL's [[Oorang Indians]]. The Indians were a team based in [[LaRue, Ohio]], composed only of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], and coached by [[Jim Thorpe]]. Downwind was a [[Chippewa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=August 21, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101127050226/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf |archivedate=November 27, 2010 }}</ref> |
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| Position: | End / Tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 24, 1893 Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota |
| Died: | July 26, 1968 (aged 74) Bemidji, Minnesota |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Carlisle Indian |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Chief Xavier Downwind aka Red Fang was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 and 1923 seasons. He played college football at the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, before joining the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe. Downwind was a Chippewa.[1]
Family
The son of James Mayshuckkence Downwind, Xavier was married twice. First he married Katie Isabelle and who he had a child with in 1919, Paul Xavier Downwind. In the mid 1920s he married Rose Eliza Smith. Between 1927 and 1945, Xavier and Rose had seven children; Xavier Francis, Rupert, Herman, Winnifred, Ruth Arlean, Anna Margaret and Leo Harold Lee.[2] He also has several grandchildren that reside in Minnesota.
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.
Notes
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
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