Emmett McLemore
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| Position: | End / Quarterback |
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| Date of birth: | September 12, 1899 |
| Place of birth: | Lyons, Oklahoma, United States |
| Date of death: | May 19, 1973 (aged 73) |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight: | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Haskell Indian, Pittsburg State |
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| Player stats at PFR | |
Emmett "Red Fox" McLemore (September 12, 1899 – May 19, 1973)[1] was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1923 season. That season he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[2] Emmett was a Cherokee.
On December 2, 1923, McLemore recorded a touchdown to Arrowhead and made a field goal after a Joe Guyon interception. However he missed two extra point kicks in a 22-19 loss to the Chicago Cardinals. During that same game a McLemore punt hit a Cardinals' player and was soon picked up by Ted Buffalo for a score. A week later on December 7, McLemore caught two passes from Guyon for touchdowns in a 19-0 victory over the Louisville Brecks.
He spent the 1924 season playing in 4 NFL games with the Kansas City Blues.
References
- Whitman, Robert L. (1984). Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: The N.F.L.'s Most Colorful Franchise. [Mount Gilead, OH]: Marion County Historical Society. OCLC 717439558.
- Uniform Numbers of the NFL
Notes
- ↑ "1979 - 1970 Pro Football Necrology List". Pro Football Deaths 1973. Oldest Living Pro Football Players. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ↑ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf