Bill Newashe

Bill Newashe
No. 24[1]
PositionTackle
Personal information
BornOctober 5, 1889
Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
DiedFebruary 8, 1962(1962-02-08) (aged 72)
Luther, Oklahoma
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
CollegeCarlisle
Career history
Stats at Pro Football Reference

William O. Newashe (October 5, 1889 – February 8, 1962) was a professional football player. He attended high school and college at the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Newashe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,[2] played five games in the National Football League during the 1923 season with the Oorang Indians.

He was married to Myrtle Cowan. They had a daughter, Suzanne Newashe Underwood, who was the mother to Rebecca Lea Lewis Dean.

He had a sister, Emma Newashe, who was the grandmother to Donna Newashe McAllister. Bill was a Native American and a member of the Sac and Fox nation.[3] Newashe also played basketball and baseball at Carlisle participated in track, competing in the hammer throw. Newahse played for the Harrisburg baseball team as a pitcher and later for the Jackson, Michigan baseball team. He was a teammate of Jim Thorpe at Carlisle. He served as a pall bearer at Thorpe's death

Notes

  1. ^ Ongoing Research Project Uniform Numbers of the NFL Pre-1933
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Decline of American Indians in Sports". August 31, 2008.