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Buck Jones (American football)

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Buck Jones
No. 30
Position:End
Personal information
Born:(1888-10-23)October 23, 1888
Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, U.S.
Died:September 8, 1985(1985-09-08) (aged 96)[1]
Lewiston, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College:Haskell
Career history
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Horatio "White Cloud" Jones (October 23, 1888 – September 8, 1985) was an American professional football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1922 season.

Biography

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Jones was born on the Cattaraugus Reservation and attended Haskell Institute.[2] In 1922, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians for two games. The Indians were an early NFL franchise based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "NFL Players who attended Haskell Indian Nations University". databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Oorang Indians" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

Further reading

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  • Whitman, Robert L. (1984). Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: The N.F.L.'s Most Colorful Franchise. [Mount Gilead, Ohio]: Marion County Historical Society. OCLC 717439558.
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