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Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL's Most Famous Traveling Team Chris Willis
Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL's Most Famous Traveling Team
Chris Willis
This book tells the little-known story of the Oorang Indians, a traveling professional football team comprised entirely of Native Americans. Created by dog kennel owner Walter Lingo and coached by star athlete Jim Thorpe, the team spent two seasons in the NFL in 1922 and 1923 traveling throughout the country and drawing crowds wherever they went.
310 pages, 4 Tables, unspecified; 28 Halftones, black and white
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 5, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781442277656 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 310 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 24 mm · 614 g |
| Language | English |
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