Woodchuck Welmas

Philip Welmas
aka Woodchuck Welmas
Date of birth February 26, 1891
Place of birth California, United States
Date of death November 15, 1968
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 170 pounds (77 kg)
Position(s) End
College Carlisle Indian School
Statistics
Teams
1923 Oorang Indians

Philip J. Welmas was the name of a Native American professional football player in the early National Football League. He was a member of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.[1] Welmas played in four games with the Oorang Indians for the 1923 season. He ended his professional career after the Indians disbanded in 1923. Woodchuck attended college and played college football at the Carlisle Indian School located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Notes

  1. ^ "Mission Indians at the Carlisle Indian School (1879-1918)." Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Accessed March 25, 2011.

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Mission Indians at the Carlisle Indian School (1879-1918)." Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Accessed March 25, 2011.