Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians: how a dog kennel owner created the NFL's most famous traveling team

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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Walter Lingo, La Rue, Ohio, and the Oorang Kennels. The Lingo Family -- Walter Lingo -- The Oorang Kennels and the Rise of the Oorang Airedales -- A Genius of Promotion -- World War I -- Putting La Rue on the Map -- Part II. The Football Team: the Oorang Indians. The National Football League -- The Great Jim Thorpe -- "The Idea": creating the NFL's Most Famous Traveling Team -- The Oorang Indians -- Part III. The Football Seasons, 1922-1923. Training Camp in La Rue -- 1922 NFL Season -- 1923 NFL Season -- Two-Year Experiment Ends -- Part IV. The Aftermath for Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians. Athlete and Sportsman Magazine -- Lingorue and the Oorang Kennels' Demise -- Walter Lingo Rebuilds His Business and Good Bye to Jim Thorpe -- The Passing of the King of Dogs -- Commemorating the Oorang Indians -- The Legacy of Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians -- Appendix A: Oorang Indians Game Results -- Appendix B: Oorang Indians All-Time Roster -- Appendix C: Box Scores (1922-1923) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.;"In 1922, dog kennel owner Walter Lingo joined forces with star athlete Jim Thorpe to create a professional football team named the Oorang Indians. This book tells the remarkable story of how the Oorang Indians, comprised entirely of Native Americans, spent two seasons in the NFL traveling throughout the country, playing professional football, and advertising Lingo's Airedale dogs. The Indians and the Airedales were an instant hit everywhere, captivating fans and newspaper writers alike. Full of wonderful quotes, colorful anecdotes, and original research, this book reveals the true and forgotten story of one of the NFL's pioneering teams."-- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Walter Lingo, La Rue, Ohio, and the Oorang Kennels. The Lingo Family -- Walter Lingo -- The Oorang Kennels and the Rise of the Oorang Airedales -- A Genius of Promotion -- World War I -- Putting La Rue on the Map -- Part II. The Football Team: the Oorang Indians. The National Football League -- The Great Jim Thorpe -- "The Idea": creating the NFL's Most Famous Traveling Team -- The Oorang Indians -- Part III. The Football Seasons, 1922-1923. Training Camp in La Rue -- 1922 NFL Season -- 1923 NFL Season -- Two-Year Experiment Ends -- Part IV. The Aftermath for Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe, and the Oorang Indians. Athlete and Sportsman Magazine -- Lingorue and the Oorang Kennels' Demise -- Walter Lingo Rebuilds His Business and Good Bye to Jim Thorpe -- The Passing of the King of Dogs -- Commemorating the Oorang Indians -- The Legacy of Walter Lingo, Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians -- Appendix A: Oorang Indians Game Results -- Appendix B: Oorang Indians All-Time Roster -- Appendix C: Box Scores (1922-1923) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.