Bill Newashe

{{Short description|American football player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Bill Newashe

| image =

| number = 24[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/oorang.html Ongoing Research Project Uniform Numbers of the NFL Pre-1933]

| position = Tackle

| birth_date = October 5, 1889

| birth_place = Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|2|8|1889|10|5}}

| death_place = Luther, Oklahoma

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 200

| high_school =

| college = Carlisle

| pastteams =

• Oorang Indians ({{NFL Year|1923}})

| pfr = N/NewaBi20

}}

William O. Newashe (October 5, 1889 – February 8, 1962) was a professional football player. He attended high school and college at the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Newashe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation,

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|accessdate=2013-03-17

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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127050226/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf

|archivedate=2010-11-27

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played five games in the National Football League during the 1923 season with the Oorang Indians.

He was married to Myrtle Cowan. They had a daughter, Suzanne Newashe Underwood, who was the mother to Rebecca Lea Lewis Dean.

He had a sister, Emma Newashe, who was the grandmother to Donna Newashe McAllister. Bill was a Native American and a member of the Sac and Fox nation.{{Cite web|url=http://tombenjey.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/decline-of-american-indians-in-sports/|title = Decline of American Indians in Sports|date = 31 August 2008}} Newashe also played basketball and baseball at Carlisle participated in track, competing in the hammer throw. Newahse played for the Harrisburg baseball team as a pitcher and later for the Jackson, Michigan baseball team. He was a teammate of Jim Thorpe at Carlisle. He served as a pall bearer at Thorpe's death