Joseph N. Guyon
1972 - Football - Chippewa

DATE OF BIRTH: 1892
DATE OF DEATH: November 27, 1971

  • BIRTH PLACE: White Earth, Minnesota
  • TRIBE: White Earth Chippewa
  • EDUCATION: Carlisle Indian School 1911-1912
    Georgia Tech University, 1917-1918
  • SPORTS DATA: Football

ACHIEVEMENTS: College Athletics
  • Football - Tackle and Halfback
  • All-American, All-Indian Backfield, Carlisle 1913-1914
  • All-American Tackle, 1917 Georgia Tech
  • All-American Halfback, 1918 Georgia Tech
ACHIEVEMENTS: Professional Athletics
  • Football - Canton Bulldogs, 1919-1921 & 1923-1924
  • Ooran Indians, 1922
  • Kansas City Cowboys, 1925-1926
  • New York Giants, 1927
  • National Professional Football Hall of Fame, 1966
QUOTES:
  • Grantland Rice, dean of American sportswriters, once wrote, "I believe an All-American, All-Indian Football team could beat the All-Time Notre Dame Team, the All-Time Michigan Team, or the All-Time anything else. Take a look at a backfield like Jim Thorpe, Joe Guyon, Pete Calac and Frank Mount Pleasant."
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