Bill Newashe

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.

Bill Newashe
No. 24[1]
Position:Tackle
Personal information
Born:October 5, 1889
Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Died:February 8, 1962(1962-02-08) (aged 72)
Luther, Oklahoma
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College:Carlisle
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

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 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2013-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Decline of American Indians in Sports". 31 August 2008.
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