Beamus Pierce aka Eagle Feather was a professional football

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 player who played in the National Football League

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 during the 1922

1922 NFL season

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 and 1923

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 seasons. He played college football

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 at the Carlisle Indian School, located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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, before joing the NFL's Oorang Indians

Oorang Indians

The Oorang Indians were a traveling team in the National Football League from LaRue, Ohio . The team was named after the Oorang dog kennels. It was a novelty team put together by the kennels' owner, Walter Lingo, for marketing purposes. All of the players were Native American, with Jim Thorpe as...

. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans

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, and coached by Jim Thorpe

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. Eagle Feather was a Mohican

Mohican

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On October 8, 1922, Eagle Feather and teammate Joe Guyon

Joe Guyon

Joseph Napoleon Guyon was a professional American football player in the National Football League...

 made history by making the Indians the first team with two 100-yard rushers in one game. That game Guyon ran for 116 yards and 2 touchdown

Touchdown

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s off of 13 carries. Meanwhile Eagle Feather ran for 109 yards on 16 carries for 1 touchdown as the Indians beat the Columbus Panhandles 20-6. During that game Eagle Feather's runs up the middle of the field were referred to as the main feature of the Oorang offense. He also served the team as a blocking back for Guyon in 13-6 loss to the Minneapolis Marines.