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Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (Anishinaabe: O-Gee-Chidah, translated as "Big Brave"; November 26, 1892 – November 27, 1971) was an American Indian from the Ojibwa tribe (Chippewa) who was an American football and baseball player and coach.
Joe Guyon you might say won back the East for the Indians. He was at Carlisle with Jim Thorpe when the Indians won the Eastern Championship and he was at Georgia Tech when the rambling Rex eliminated and demolished Pennsylvania 41 to nothing for another Eastern Title.
Nov 29, 1971 · LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 28 (UPI)—Joseph Napoleon (Indian Joe) Guyon, a teammate of Jim Thorpe at the old Carlisle (Pa.) Academy, died yesterday at a hospital here. He was 79 years old. Mr. Guyon, a...
Guyon was a native American who played at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania in 1912 and 1913. He was a teammate of the great Jim Thorpe at Carlisle in 1912. Guyon would also go on to play college football at Georgia Tech in 1917 and 1918 and won a national championship with Yellowjackets in 1917.
The Oorang Indians ( / ˈuːræŋ /) were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio (near Marion ). The franchise was a novelty team put together by Walter Lingo to market his Oorang ( Airedale Terrier) dog kennels. All of the Indians players were Native American, with Jim Thorpe serving as its leading player and coach.
Joe Guyon had a dual history in many respects. He played for two teams, Carlisle Indian School 1912-13 and Georgia Tech 1917-18. He was under two great coaches, first Pop Warner then John Heisman.
Joe Guyon had a dual history in many respects. He played for two teams, Carlisle Indian School 1912-13 and Georgia Tech 1917-18. He was under two great coaches, first Pop Warner then John Heisman.
