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Xavier Downwind

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Height
  
6 ft 00 in (1.83 m)

Role
  
American football player

Weight
  
200 pounds (91 kg)

Died
  
July 26, 1968


1922-1923
  
Oorang Indians

Jersey number
  
18

Name
  
Xavier Downwind

Positions
  
End, Tackle

College
  
Carlisle Indian Industrial School

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Chief Xavier Downwind aka Red Fang (December 24, 1893 - July 26, 1968) was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 and 1923 seasons. He played college football at the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, before joining the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe. Downwind was a Chippewa.

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Family

The son of James Mayshuckkence Downwind, Xavier was married twice. First he married Katie Isabelle and who he had a child with in 1919, Paul Xavier Downwind. In the mid 1920s he married Rose Eliza Smith. Between 1927 and 1945, Xavier and Rose had seven children; Xavier Francis, Rupert, Herman, Winnifred, Ruth Arlean, Anna Margaret and Leo Harold Lee. He also has several grandchildren that reside in Minnesota.

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Xavier Downwind Wikipedia