Ted St. Germaine
Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, U.S. | |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
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| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Yale |
| Career history | |
| Player stats at PFR | |
Thomas Leo "Ted" St. Germaine (February 2, 1885 – October 4, 1947) was an
Chippewa.[1]
Germaine attended the
University of Wisconsin, but found the atmosphere more friendly at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, located in Pennsylvania, where he played football and earned his bachelor's degree. He then furthered his education at Howard University and Yale Law School
where, in 1913, he acquired a law degree. He returned to Lac du Flambeau to represent the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa in treaty rights cases and subsequently argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
He was recruited to play for the Oorang Indians, in 1922, at the age of 37, by Jim Thorpe. He is believed to have been the first attorney at law to play for an NFL team.
After his football career ended, St. Germaine became a tribal judge and, in 1932, was the first Native-American admitted to the
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova Wildcats (Independent) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Villanova | 4–2–1 | |||||||
| Villanova: | 4–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–2–1 | ||||||||
References
- Pro Football Researchers Association: 17.
- ^ "Lineman, Lawyer, Ojibwe". WisconsinPortal.org. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
- Newspapers.com.
