William "Ted" Francis Buffalo (November 5, 1901 – August 19, 1969) was a professional
football player who played in the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
during the
1923 season.
Biography
Buffalo was born in
Red Cliff, Wisconsin
Red Cliff, also known as Gaa-Miskwaabikaang, is a Tribal Nation in the town of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Red Cliff is the administrative center of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The reservation population i ...
, and attended
Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell Indian Nations University is a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1884 as a residential boarding school for American Indian children, the school has developed into a university operated by t ...
. In 1923, he joined the NFL's
Oorang Indians, a team based in
LaRue, Ohio
LaRue is a village in Marion County, Ohio, United States. The population was 747 at the 2010 census. The village is served by Elgin Local School District. LaRue has a public library, a branch of Marion Public Library.
Geography
LaRue is located ...
which was composed of only
Native Americans. The team was coached by
Jim Thorpe
James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): ''Wa-Tho-Huk'', translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Nativ ...
. Buffalo played one season in the NFL. He was a
Chippewa and 23 years old when he joined the team.
He died on August 19, 1969, in
Washburn, Wisconsin
Washburn is a city in Bayfield County, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,051 at the 2020 census. The city is just east of and adjacent to the Town of Washburn. It is in northern Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Superior's Che ...
.
References
Further reading
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External links
Uniform Numbers of the NFL
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1900s births
Native American players of American football
Players of American football from Wisconsin
People from Bayfield County, Wisconsin
Oorang Indians players
1969 deaths
Haskell Indian Nations University alumni