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This Week in NDN All-Stars History: Johnny Bench, Jim Thorpe, Tom Longboat & More · Sports History Network

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  It is October 22, 1975, game seven of the World Series.
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  The Boston Red Sox have an early three run lead at Fenway park and Cincinnati is trying to find its way back.
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  The Reds have not won A championship in 35 years.
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  Their catcher has been waiting a long time for this chance.
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  Can the Big Red Machine finish the job?
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  This story and more coming up on this Week in Indian All Stars History.
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  Welcome to Indian All Stars.
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  I'm Bill Black and every week we travel back to discover how Native athletes help shape the world of sports.
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  Because history isn't trapped behind museum glass, it comes alive.
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  Indian All Stars celebrates great Native American athletes from the past and the present, bringing these great All Stars back into the spotlight for new generations.
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  Now let's look back and find out what happened.
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  Here's what happened the week of October 18 through October 24 in Indian all Stars history.
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  We start the week off with October 18th in 1906, Tom Longboat, the Onondaga runner, wins Hamilton's around the Bay road race in the breakthrough victory that launches him onto the Canadian distance running scene.
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  Longboat covers the roughly 19 mile course in dominant fashion, winning by more than three minutes and announcing himself as one of the country's most exciting young runners.
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  A few Years later in 1952, Jack Jacobs, the Creek quarterback, throws a first quarter touchdown pass to Tom Casey against Calgary, raising his season total to 34 and breaking the Canadian single season record of 33 he set the
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  year before.
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  Winnipeg wins 42:18 and Jacobs sits out after the first quarter.
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  In 1975, Ojibwe defenseman Gary Sargent scores the first goal of his National Hockey League career as the Los Angeles Kings defeat the California Golden Seals.
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  53 Sergeant beats goaltender Gary Simmons on a power play at 15:32 of the second period, the first of 61 National Hockey League goals in his career.
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  Two years later, in 1977, Cherokee shortstop Bucky Dent becomes a World Series champion as the New York Yankees defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.
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  Dent starts all six games at shortstop and collects five hits and two runs batted in during the series.
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  It is the first championship of his career and the first of back to back Yankee titles.
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  Moving forward to 2003, Jamal Branch, the Mashpee Wampanoag running back, rushes for 143 yards and four touchdowns as unbeaten Colgate defeats Yale 52 40.
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  Branch also crosses 1,000 rushing yards for the season, becoming the 10th player in Colgate history to reach that mark.
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  Then in 2008, Sam Bradford, the Cherokee quarterback, passes for an Oklahoma record 468 yards and three touchdowns and a 4531 victory over no.
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  16 Kansas.
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  Bradford breaks the Sooner's single game passing yardage record while helping Oklahoma rebound from its first loss of the season.
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  A few years later in 2015, Keenan Allen, the Lumbee receiver catches 14 passes for 157 yards for the San Diego Chargers against the Green Bay Packers, a 2720 loss.
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  Despite missing the fourth quarter, Allen reaches 14 catches and becomes the first National Football League player with at least 12 receptions in three games within his team's first six games of the season.
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  Now we move ahead to October 19th.
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  In 1912, Sack and Fox football star Jim Thorpe powers Carlisle pass Pittsburgh 458 at Forbes Field.
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  Thorpe scores on runs of 55 and 40 yards, kicks six extra points and adds a 44 yard field goal.
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  Fresh from winning two Olympic gold medals in Stockholm, Thorpe returns to football and remains dominant on the Gridiron.
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  A few two years later in 1968, jockey Marty Heath Warm Springs guides no double to victory in the Hawthorne Gold Cup.
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  At a mile and a quarter, no Double matches the track record with a time of 1 minute 59 and 15 seconds.
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  It is another big win for a horse and rider enjoying an exceptional season in 1982.
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  Gary Sargent, the Ojibwe defenseman, is reported as the National Hockey League's early plus minus leader at plus 10 through Minnesota's first four games of the season.
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  The fast start is especially notable after serious back and knee problems limit Sargent to only 38 games over the previous two seasons, marking a determined late career comeback in 2000.
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  Notre Begay III, Navajo San Felipe Iletta and Tiger Woods Cherokee opened the President's cup by beating Vijay Singh and Ernie Ells one up in foursomes.
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  The match goes all the way to the 18th hole before the American pair secures the point.
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  Moving forward to 2008, Rickie Fowler, the Navajo golfer, finishes the World Amateur Team Championship with the lowest 72 hole individual score in the field.
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  Fowler finishes 10 under par with a total of 280 for the United States as Team USA earns the silver medal.
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  The championship does not officially award an individual title, but Fowler's total is the best of the tournament.
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  Then in 2019, Dane Evans, the Wichita quarterback throws for a career high 452 yards as the Hamilton Tiger Cats defeat Ottawa 33 12.
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  The victory is Hamilton's 13th of the season, establishing a new single season franchise record for wins.
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  Evans completes 32 of 41 passes while the Tiger Cats remain perfect at home A few Years later, in 2023, Onondaga lacrosse great Oren Lyons is inducted into Canada's Sports hall of Fame as a Builder in lacrosse and receives
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  the Order of Sport.
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  The honor recognizes both Lions decorated playing career and his visionary role in building the Sovereign Haudenosine National Lacrosse Program.
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  Jump ahead to 2024 Chandler Brayboy the Lumbee return specialist returns kickoffs 94 and 93 yards for touchdowns as Elon defeats UAlbany 30 14.
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  Brayboy becomes the first Elon player in the program's FCS era to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same game.
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  A 13 yard reception also pushes him past 2,000 career receiving yards, making him the sixth player in school history to reach the milestone.
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  Now we jump to October 20th.
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  In 1917, Chippewa football star Joe Gallon scores three touchdowns as Georgia Tech overwhelms Washington and Lee 63.
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  Guyon is one of the central weapons in an offense that produces one of the most lopsided victories of the season and continues Georgia Tech's march toward an undefeated national championship.
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  A few years later.
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  In 1939, Henry Armstrong the Iroquois boxer, stops Richie Fontaine in the third round in Seattle to retain the world welterweight championship.
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  Armstrong makes another title defense only seven days after defeating Howard Scott and just 11 days after facing Al Manfredo.
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  Jump ahead to 1977 Cree defenseman Jim Nielsen contributes three assists as the Cleveland Barons beat the Minnesota North Stars 74 at 36.
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  Nielsen still has plenty to offer from the Blue line in 1980.
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  Jim Plunkett the Cherokee quarterback throws for 247 yards and three touchdowns as the Oakland Raiders beat the defending super bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers 4534 on Monday Night Football.
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  Eight days after his first Raiders start, Plunkett delivers one of the defining performances of his career comeback and helps turn Oakland's season toward a championship run.
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  2001 brings a major honor for Brian Trottier, the Chippewa Cree and Metis center.
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  He has his number 19 retired by the New York Islanders.
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  The franchise raises Trottier's number two to rafters after a career in which he becomes the Islanders all time leader in games played, assists and points and one of the central figures of the Four cup dynasty.
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  That same year, Cherokee return specialist Wes Welker returns a punt 85 yards for a touchdown against number three Nebraska.
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  It is the longest punt return of his college career to that point and the third punt return touchdown of his Texas Tech career.
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  A few Years later, in 2012, Ojibwe powerlifter Eddie Lone Eagle wins two events at the Halloween Havoc Push Pull meet in Minnesota.
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  Competing in the 165 pound class, he benches just under 320 pounds and deadlifts 507 pounds.
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  Two very different lifts and first place in both.
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  Jump ahead to 2015 Gabby Lemieux, the Shoshone Paiute golfer and competing as Gabby Barker wins the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational with 5 under par or at 211.
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  Lemieux finishes one stroke ahead of Taylor Kim of Kent State and Elizabeth Pryor of unlv, giving her consecutive collegiate tournament victories to open her sophomore season.
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  Poppy White, a Seminole, Chickasaw and Muskogee receiver, scores three touchdowns in 2018 as Ohio rolls past Bowling Green 49:14 on homecoming, White scores on a 17 yard run and catches touchdown passes of 16 and 76 yards.
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  The 76 yarder is the longest reception of his Ohio career and the afternoon marks his first three touchdown college game.
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  Moving forward to 2022, Ojibwe hockey star Reggie Leach is formally invested as a member of the Order of Canada.
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  The honor recognizes both Leech's record setting National Hockey League career and his decades of service to young people through coaching, mentorship and public speaking.
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  Then in 2024, Oneida cyclist Nielsen Paulus wins the Japan cup for the second time, sprinting from an elite five rider group ten days after his grand Piemonte victory and ending his season with back to back October wins.
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  And now we find ourselves at October 21st.
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  In 1911, Sac and Fox football star Jim Thorpe helps Carlisle hand Pittsburgh a 170 defeat at Forbes Field, ending Pitt's run of 11 straight games without allowing a point.
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  Thorpe turns an onside kick into a 50 yard touchdown in the victory.
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  Thorpe is emerging as one of the biggest names in college football as Carlisle produces one of the strongest road wins of its season.
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  A few Years later in 1964, Billy Mills takes on a second Olympic challenge in Tokyo.
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  Seven days after his unforgettable gold medal in the 10,000 meter race, the Oglala runner lines up for the marathon and finishes 14th.
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  1 Olympic Games, 2 punishing distance events and a gold medal that still stands among the great upsets in track history.
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  Jump ahead to 1976.
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  Johnny Bench turns the World Series finale into a showcase of his own.
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  The choctaw catcher hits two home runs and drives in five as Cincinnati beats the New York Yankees 7 2.
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  The Reds sweep the series in four games, claim their second straight championship and Bench takes home the Most Valuable player award in 1978.
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  Danny Little Red Lopez, Ute and Juaneno takes his World Boxing Council World Featherweight Championship to Pissaro, Italy for a defense against Fel Clemente.
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  Lopez retains the championship when Clemente is disqualified in the fourth round, giving Little Red his fifth successful title defense and another international championship victory.
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  In 2001, Jim Kleinsasser, the Chippewa tight end scores the first touchdown of his National Football League career on a two yard run as the Minnesota Vikings defeat the Green Bay Packers 35 13.
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  Kleinsasser also sets career highs with five carries and 20 rushing yards.
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  The touchdown is the only rushing score of his 13 year National Football League career.
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  Then in 2005, Cherokee return specialist Wes Welker ties the Miami Dolphins single game record with seven points kickoff returns against Kansas City.
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  He totals 162 kickoff return yards in another demonstration of the special team's value that first earns him a lasting National Football League role A few Years later in 2006, Matt Kobiluck, the Mohegan driver wins the NASCAR Toyota All
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  Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway in California.
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  Kobe luck captures the 150 lap Grand national division feature and a $30,000 winner's purse in the prestigious postseason event matching leading each and West Regional drivers jump ahead to 2006 mixed martial artist Dan Henderson.
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  Walla Walla earns a unanimous decision over former Ultimate Fighting Championship title holder vitor Belfort at Pride 32 in Las Vegas.
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  It is the first Pride event held outside Japan and Henderson takes the win on a significant night for the promotion.
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  In 2015, Gabby Lemieux, the Shoshone Paiute golfer then competing as Gabby Barker, reaches the top of Golf Stats National Women's Collegiate rankings.
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  The ranking follows consecutive tournament victories at the Gym West Challenge and Betsy Rawls Invitational and makes Lemieux only the second Texas Tech women's golfer to hold the nation's top spot.
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  Moving forward to 2017, Kayla Gardiner, the Ojibwe hockey player makes her professional debut for the Calgary Inferno against the Boston Blades.
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  Gardner records her first Canadian Women's Hockey League point with an assist on Kaitlyn Gosling's eventual game winning goal as Calgary wins 3 1.
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  The game features several players making their professional debuts.
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  Then in 2023, Chandler Brayboy, the Lumbee receiver and return specialist scores on a 59 yard reception and a 41 yard run as Elon defeats Monmouth 28:26.
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  On homecoming, Brayboy finishes with no.
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  96 receiving yards and delivers the only rushing touchdown of his Elan career, giving the Phoenix two long distance scores in the two point victory.
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  A few years later in 2024 Aiden Thomas, the Laguna Pueblo golfer, wins the men's championship at the Native American Open.
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  Thomas finishes four under par at the tournament on Santa Ana Pueblo, adding a major native golf championship to his resume.
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  The victory begins a run he later extends by successfully defending the title in 2025.
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  Now we have made it to October 22nd in 1968.
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  James Konadi Allen, the Cherokee gymnast, competes for the United States in the men's compulsory gymnastics competition at the Mexico City Olympic Games.
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  Beginning his Olympic competition, Allen is one of six United States men who compete in Mexico City.
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  After the compulsory and optional rounds, he finishes 8 80th in the individual all around and the United States places seventh in the team competition.
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  Gymnastics historians also recognize Allen as the first black male gymnast named to a United States Olympic gymnastics team.
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  A few Years later, in 1974, Henry Bucha, the Ojibwe forward, scores his first goal as a Minnesota North Star in a game against the Vancouver Canucks.
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  The goal gives Bucha his first scoring milestone with his home state National Hockey League team after the summer trade from Detroit.
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  And now we return to Fenway park in 1975, where our teaser left off.
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  Cincinnati is on the brink of a championship.
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  The Reds trail Boston 30 early in Game 7, but they fight back.
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  Joe Morgan delivers the go ahead single in the ninth and Will McEnany closes out a 43 victory.
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  Johnny Bench, the Choctaw catcher who has been at the heart of the Big Red machine, finally has his first World Series title.
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  Cincinnati has its first championship in 35 years in 1999.
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  Grant 4 reaches a milestone few goaltenders have touched.
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  The Cree Metminder makes 29 saves as Calgary beats Florida in overtime, becoming only the sixth goalie in National Hockey League history to earn 400 career victories.
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  In 2000, golfer Nota Begay III Navajo San Felipe Ayletta adds another point for the United States at the President's cup, beating Retief one up in singles.
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  The Americans win the competition and Begay ends his lone President's cup appearance with three victories in five matches.
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  Then in 2017, Eliankou Ojibwe records the first sack credit of his National Football League career as the Jacksonville Jaguars shut out the Indianapolis Colts 27.
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  0.
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  Ankou shares a sack during Jacksonville's 10 sack defensive performance, helping the Jaguars become one of the rare National Football Football League teams to record two 10 sack games in the same season.
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  A few Years later, in 2022, Elizabeth Phillips, the Blackfeet Choctaw grappler, wins twice at Grapple Gate Invitational 2 in Coeur d', Alene, Idaho, defeating Amanda Lohan by referee stoppage and submitting Axa molina in just 39 seconds.
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  Phillips advances to the women's championship match against Daisy Leononho and finishes second in the tournament, producing an impressive grappling performance.
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  Performance jump ahead to 2022 Erik Rodgers, the Navajo Rodeo Cowboy is crowned the All Around Cowboy at the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
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  The championship gives Rogers consecutive Indian National Finals Rodeo Men's All around titles after his 2021 double title performance.
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  His repeat confirms that his Indian rodeo success extends well beyond team roping and showcases the versatility that defines his career.
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  In 2022, Cherokee quarterback Mason Fine makes his first Canadian Football League start for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders against the Calgary stampeders.
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  Fine completes 18 of 28 passes for 196 yards and a touchdown in his first professional start.
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  Moving forward to 2023, Navajo bull rider Cody Jesus becomes a PBR team's champion as the Texas Rattlers win the league championship in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  Jesus delivers a crucial ride worth 88 and three quarter points on Tijuana two step in the championship match, extending Texas's lead after returning from a semifinal wreck less than a day earlier.
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  The Rattlers finish the job and give Jesus another major professional championship.
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  Now we jump ahead to October 23rd.
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  In 1913, John Tortes Myers, the Kaweah catcher, takes the field with Jim Thorpe as the New York Giants defeat the Chicago White Sox 63 during their World Tour exhibition stop in Sioux City, Iowa.
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  About 5,000 fans pack Riverside Park.
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  Myers and Thorpe are among the leading attractions as the Giants take baseball on the road a few Years later in 1976, Marvin Campbell, the Salish and Kootenai boxer, defeats future world champion Matthew saad Muhammad by 10 round majority
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  decision at Adams Field House in Missoula, Montana.
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  Camel event challenges a split decision loss from three months earlier and earns a victory that grows in stature as Saad Muhammad later becomes World Boxing Council Light heavyweight champion and an International Boxing hall of Famer.
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  Move ahead to 2003 Jordan Tutu, the Inuit forward scores the first goal of his National Hockey League career for the Nashville Predators against the Atlanta Thrashers just two weeks after his historic National Hockey League debut.
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  Tutu beats Atlanta goaltender Posi Nurse for his first major league goal and gives the growing 22 train following another reason to blow its whistles, Cherokee linebacker Zavin Collins makes a game changing play for Tulsa in 2020.
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  He returns an interception 38 yards for the first touchdown of his college career and forces a fumble as Tulsa beats South Florida 42 13.
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  Moving forward to 2021 Erik Rodgers, the Navajo rodeo cowboy wins two championships on the same night at the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
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  Rodgers and Aaron Sagini take the team roping title, completing four steers in a combined 19.83 seconds.
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  Their final round run takes just 3.55 seconds.
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  Coupled with Rodgers runner up finishing tie down roping the team roping title also gives him the men's Indian National Finals Rodeo All Around Championship.
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  That wraps up another week of incredible moments in the industry.
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  Indian All Stars History if you enjoyed today's look back, I invite you to visit IndianAllStars.com where you'll find more athlete stories, blog articles, videos, podcast episodes and exclusive merchandise celebrating great Native American athletes from the past and the
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  present.
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  I hope you'll join me again next week as we bring more great Native athletes back into the spotlight.
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  Until then, this is is India and All Stars.