Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL’s Most Famous Traveling Team

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At the beginning of the Roaring Twenties the NFL was once just a footnote within the landscape of American sports. The early pro game was once played on dirt fields by vagabond athletes who would beat up or punch out their opponent for fifty dollars a game. But one team was once different than the rest: the Oorang Indians. Comprised entirely of Native Americans and led by star athlete Jim Thorpe, the Oorang Indians were an instant hit in almost each and every city they visited.

In Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: How a Dog Kennel Owner Created the NFL’s Most Famous Traveling Team, NFL historian Chris Willis tells the story of this unique and fascinating a part of professional football history. In 1922 Walter Lingo, a dog kennel owner from tiny La Rue, Ohio, joined forces with Jim Thorpe, the country’s greatest athlete, to create the Oorang Indians. Willis recounts how Lingo used the football team, the star attraction of player-coach Thorpe, and the all Native-American squad to assist promote it his kennel and sell dogs, putting the small town of La Rue on the map.

With the complete cooperation of the Lingo circle of relatives and unlimited get admission to to circle of relatives photos and archives, Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians provides an up-close and at the back of-the-scenes view into the making of this little-known team. This is a remarkable story so we can be enjoyed by football fans and historians alike.

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