Stan Powell

Stancil Powell aka Wrinkle Meat (February 11, 1889 - October 14, 1957) 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]

Stan "Wrinkle Meat" Powell
No. 9
Position:Guard
Personal information
Born:(1889-02-11)February 11, 1889
Cherokee, North Carolina
Died:October 14, 1957(1957-10-14) (aged 68)
Cherokee, North Carolina
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College:Carlisle Indian, Haskell Indian
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

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

Notes

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2012-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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