Bill Winneshiek

Bill Winneshiek NahiSonwahika
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	North Carolina, United States
Date of death	Unknown
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	180 pounds (82 kg)
Position(s)	Offensive Lineman
College	Carlisle Indian School
Jersey Number	8
Statistics	Pro Football Reference NFL.com DatabaseFootball
Teams
1922	Oorang Indians

William Phineus Winneshiek, also spelled Winneshick and referred to as NahiSonwahika, was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1922 season, at age 37. 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. Bill was a member of the Ho-Chunk or Winnebago tribe.^[1]

He attended Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania where he befriended Jim Thorpe. In addition to playing with the NFL, Bill was an Assistant Football Coach at Lebanon Valley College and a professional musician in Chief Winneshiek's All Indian Band. He later married Marie Marguerite Zerbe, an elementary school teacher. The two had a son, named William Sherwood Winneshiek, who would later fly in more than 25 B-17 missions over Germany during World War II.^[2]

References

• Whitman, Robert L. (1984). Jim Thorpe And The Oorang Indians: N.F.L.'s Most Colorful Franchise. The Hubbard Company. ISBN 1217039121. 
• Uniform Numbers of the NFL

Notes

1. ^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf
2. ^ http://firstpeople.iwarp.com/phineus.html

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Name	Winneshiek, William
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Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	North Carolina, United States
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