Horatio "White Cloud" Jones (October 23, 1888 – September 8, 1985) was a professional
football
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player who played in the
National Football League during the
1922 season.
Biography
Jones was born on the
Cattaraugus Indian Reservation and attended
Haskell Indian Nations University. In 1922, he joined the NFL's
Oorang Indians
The Oorang Indians () were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio (near Marion). The franchise was a novelty team put together by Walter Lingo to market his Oorang dog kennels. All of the Indians players were Native Am ...
for two games. The Indians were an early NFL franchise based in
LaRue, Ohio, composed only of
Native Americans, and coached by
Jim Thorpe.
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Uniform Numbers of the NFL
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1888 births
1985 deaths
Players of American football from New York (state)
Native American players of American football
Oorang Indians players
Haskell Indian Nations University alumni