Buck Jones (American football)

Horatio Buck Jones
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Position: End
Personal information
Date of birth: October 23, 1888
Place of birth: Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, New York
Date of death: September 8, 1985(1985-09-08) (aged 96)[1]
Place of death: Lewiston, New York
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
College: Haskell Indian
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Horatio "White Cloud" Jones (October 23, 1888 – September 8, 1985) was a professional football 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.[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

  1. http://www.profootballarchives.com/whit15700.html
  2. "NFL Players who attended Haskell Indian Nations University". databaseSports.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  3. "The Oorang Indians" (PDF). The Coffin Corner. Retrieved January 30, 2014.

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