Joe Pappio

Who is Joe Pappio?

Joseph Pappio 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. In 1924, Pappio played football for the Hominy Indians an independent team from Hominy, Oklahoma that too was composed entirely of Native Americans. In 1927 the Indians defeated the 1927 NFL Champions, the New York Giants 13-6. In 1930, Papio returned to the NFL to play the 1930 season with the Chicago Cardinals. Pappio attend and played college football at the Haskell Indian Nations University.