Oorang Indians

Oorang Indians
Oorang Indians logo
Founded1922
Folded1923
Based inLaRue, Ohio, United States
LeagueNational Football League
Team historyOorang Indians (1922–23)
Team colorsBurgundy, gold, white[1]
   
Head coachesJim Thorpe
General managersJim Thorpe
Owner(s)Walter Lingo
Mascot(s)Walter Lingo's Airedale Dogs
Named forOorang Dog Kennels
All-Native American Team
Home field(s)Traveling Team

The Oorang Indians (/ˈræŋ/) 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. The team played in the National Football League in 1922 and 1923. Of the 20 games they played over two seasons, only one was played at "home" in nearby Marion. With a population well under a thousand people, LaRue remains the smallest town ever to have been the home of an NFL franchise, or any professional team in any league in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ "Team Colors – NFL: National Football League – 1922 to Present". ColorWrex. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
  2. ^ Braunwart, Bob; Caroll, Bob; Horrigan, Joe (1981). "The Oorang Indians" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Vol. 3, no. 1. Pro Football Researchers Association. pp. 1–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2013.