Emmett McLemore

Emmett "Red Fox" McLemore
No. 11, 30, 4
Position:	End / Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	September 12, 1899; Lyons, Oklahoma, United States
Died:	May 19, 1973 (aged 73)
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
College:	Haskell Indian; Pittsburg State
Career history
	Oorang Indians (1923); Kansas City Blues (1924);
	Player stats at PFR

Emmett "Red Fox" McLemore (September 12, 1899 – May 19, 1973)[1] 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.[2] Emmett was a Cherokee.

On December 2, 1923, McLemore recorded a touchdown to Arrowhead and made a field goal after a Joe Guyon interception. However, he missed two extra point kicks in a 22-19 loss to the Chicago Cardinals. During that same game a McLemore punt hit a Cardinals' player and was soon picked up by Ted Buffalo for a score. A week later on December 7, McLemore caught two passes from Guyon for touchdowns in a 19-0 victory over the Louisville Brecks.

He spent the 1924 season playing in 4 NFL games with the Kansas City Blues.

References

Whitman, Robert L. (1984). Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: The N.F.L.'s Most Colorful Franchise. [Mount Gilead, Ohio]: Marion County Historical Society. OCLC 717439558.
Uniform Numbers of the NFL

Notes

"1979 - 1970 Pro Football Necrology List". Pro Football Deaths 1973. Oldest Living Pro Football Players. 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[Necrology-1] "1979 - 1970 Pro Football Necrology List". Pro Football Deaths 1973. Oldest Living Pro Football Players. 2012. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2012.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)