Jack Thorpe (born 1881) was a professional
football
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player. Nicknamed Deadeye, he played eight games in the
National Football League during the
1923 season with the
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 ...
. The Indians were a team based in
LaRue, Ohio, composed only of
Native Americans, and coached by his brother,
Jim Thorpe.
Like Jim, Jack was a member of the
Sac and Fox Nation.
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1881 births
Native American sportspeople
Oorang Indians players
Sac and Fox Nation people
Year of death missing