Ted Buffalo
William "Ted" Francis Buffalo (November 5, 1901 – August 19, 1969) was a professional football player who played in the National Football League during the 1923 season.
Biography
Buffalo was born in Red Cliff, Wisconsin, and attended Haskell Indian Nations University. In 1923, he joined the NFL's Oorang Indians, a team based in LaRue, Ohio which was composed of only Native Americans. The team was coached by Jim Thorpe. Buffalo played one season in the NFL. He was a Chippewa and 23 years old when he joined the team.
He died on August 19, 1969 in Washburn, Wisconsin.
References
Further reading
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.
External links
Uniform Numbers of the NFL