Xavier Downwind

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Xavier Downwind aka Red Fang
Born	December 24, 1893 Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota United States
Died	July 26, 1968(1968-07-26) (aged 74)
Height	6 ft 00 in (1.83 m)
Weight	200 pounds (91 kg)
Position(s)	End Tackle
College	Carlisle Indian School
Jersey #(s)	18
Statistics
Pro Football Reference NFL.com DatabaseFootball
Teams
1922-1923	Oorang Indians

Chief Xavier Downwind aka Red Fang 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.^[1]

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.^[2] He also had at least two grandchildren Cindy and Arlene. Danielle R. Downwind AKA (Dani) ^[3]

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.

Notes

Persondata
Name	Downwind, Xavier
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	December 24, 1893
Place of birth	Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota
Date of death	July 26, 1968
Place of death

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