Stan Powell

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Stan Powell
aka Wrinkle Meat
Born 1891
Died October 14, 1957
Jackson County, North Carolina
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 185 pounds (84 kg)
Position(s) Guard
College Carlisle Indian School
Haskell University
Jersey #(s) 9
Statistics
Teams
1923 Oorang Indians

Stancil Powell aka Wrinkle Meat 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. Powell was a member of the Cherokees.[1]

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

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