Gray Horse (American football)

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Gray Horse
No. 10, 30, 5
Position:Guard / Halfback / Wingback
Personal information
Height:5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College:None
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Gray Horse 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. Gray Horse was a Chippewa.[1]

On November 4, 1923 against the Chicago Bears, Gray Horse fumbled the football which was picked up by the Bears' George Halas and ran back for a 98-yard touchdown. This set the record for the longest touchdown run with a fumble.[2]

References[edit]

  • 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.
  • Uniform Numbers of the NFL
  • Tales of Lac du Flambeau

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2014-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Caught In Time Northwoods Wisconsin Memories and Gifts". Caughtintime.com. 1923-11-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.