Peter Blackbear
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Coowee Scoorice Black Bear (October 11, 1899 – July 1976)[1] was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1923 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.[2]
Notes
- ^ 1979-1970 Necrology at Oldest Living Pro Football Players Archived 2015-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
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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.