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This Week in NDN All-Stars History: Rudy York, Pepper Martin, Charles Bender & More · Sports History Network

• 0:58
  It is Game 3 of the 1946 World Series.
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  The St.
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  Louis Cardinals intentionally walk Ted Williams to get to him.
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  They figure he is the safer man to face.
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  Two runners are on as he steps in with a chance to make them regret it.
• 1:17
  Here is the pitch.
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  What happens next locks him into baseball lore.
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  This story and more coming up on this Week in Indian All Stars History.
• 1:27
  Welcome to Indian All Stars.
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  I'm Hi, I'm Bill Black and every week we travel back to discover how Native athletes helped 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 4 through October 10 in Indian All Stars history.
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  October 4 opens in 1917 with John Tortez Myers appearing in his final major league game.
• 2:06
  Myers finishes his career with the Boston braves, closing a nine season run that includes four World Series appearances, three National League pennants with the New York Giants and a.291 lifetime batting average.
• 2:19
  Jumping ahead to 1930, Tommy Yar turns in a remarkable defensive performance for Notre Dame as against Southern Methodist.
• 2:28
  With the Irish protecting a late lead, Yar comes up with three fourth quarter interceptions as Notre Dame wins 2014.
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  In 1940, Rudy York Cherokee delivers in game three of the World Series against Cincinnati.
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  York launches a two run home run in the seventh inning and Pinky Higgins adds another two run shot as Detroit wins 74 and takes a two games to one lead in the series.
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  That same year, Henry Armstrong Iroquois, reaches the end of his historic run as world welterweight champion Fritzi Zivic defeats Armstrong by decision over 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden, ending Armstrong's title reign after 19 successful defenses.
• 3:11
  By 1952, Jack Jacobs is rewriting the Canadian football passing record for the second week in a row.
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  One week after throwing a record five touchdown passes, Jacobs throws six against Calgary as Winnipeg wins 41.
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  33 of those touchdowns go to Tom Casey.
• 3:29
  In 1961, jockey Johnny Sellers Cherokee, wins the first five races at Atlantic City Racecourse Combined with his final three victories from the day before, Sellers reaches eight consecutive wins and ties the American jockey record set by Howard Craig
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  in 1951.
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  Ten years later, in 1971, Sonny Sixkiller Cherokee lands on the COVID of Sports Illustrated.
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  The Washington quarterback is already rewriting the Huskies passing record book and the national magazine cover makes him one of the most visible stars in college football.
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  In 1978 Bucky Dent, Cherokee drives in three runs for the New York Yankees in game two of the American League Championship Series against Kansas City.
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  New York loses 10 4, but Dent knocks in three of the Yankees four runs and gives himself four RBIs through the first two games of the series.
• 4:22
  In 2003, Jamal Branch, Mashpee Wampanoag carries the ball 34 times for 226 yards and two touchdowns as Colgate edges Cornell 27 24.
• 4:34
  It is Branch's second 200 yard game of the season and undefeated Colgate stretches its winning streak to 11 games.
• 4:42
  In 2010, Rickie Fowler stages one of the great Ryder cup comebacks at Celtic Manor.
• 4:49
  Bore down with four holes to play against Eduardo Molinari.
• 4:53
  Fowler birdies all four remaining holes and steals a half point for the United States in 2013.
• 4:59
  Kayla Gardner, Eagle Lake First Nation Ojibwe Makes her NCAA Division 1 debut for North Dakota in a 51 victory over Lindenwood.
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  Gardner immediately picks up her first collegiate point with an assist on Josefine Jakobsen's opening power play goal.
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  Four years later in 2017, Robbie Ray, Cherokee makes his major league postseason debut in the National League Wild Card game.
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  Ray comes out of the Arizona bullpen for seven outs, allows only two hits, strikes out three and helps the Diamondbacks beat Colorado 118 to advance.
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  Also in 2017 Hoba Chamberlain, Winnebago confirms that his professional baseball career is over after one final comeback attempt with Milwaukee during spring training.
• 5:43
  Chamberlain says it is time to focus on being a dad and closes the book on a career that lasts more than a decade in professional baseball.
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  In 2019, Ron Baker makes his Euroleague debut for CSKA Moscow against Valencia in Spain.
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  Baker scores six points, hits both of his three point attempts, adds three assists and a steal and helps CSKA roll to a 9671 victory in Europe's top club competition.
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  In 2020, Dak Prescott throws for a career high 502 yards against Cleveland.
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  The huge afternoon makes Prescott the first player in NFL history to throw for at least 450 yards in three consecutive games.
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  Finally, in 2023, analyst Benali helps Bash Kimi win the Kosovo Women's Super cup in Prizren.
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  Bashkimi defeats Prishtina 5749 in the final and Benali scores 13 points one day after putting up 18 in the semifinal victory over Trepsa.
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  October 5th starts in 1905 with Charles Bender doing just about everything for the Philadelphia A's against the Washington Senators.
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  Bender wins both ends of a doubleheader, works 15 total innings and strikes out 14 in the opener.
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  He throws an 80 6, hit shutout.
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  At the plate, he goes 5 for 6 with a double, two triples and seven RBIs.
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  In 1931, Pepper Martin Osage keeps his breakout World Series rolling.
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  Martin collects two hits including a double and scores twice as the St.
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  Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Athletics 552 in game three.
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  Three years later, Martin and the Cardinals are back in the World Series in 1934, this time against the Detroit Tigers.
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  He doubles, triples and scores twice as St.
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  Louis wins game 341 and takes a two games to one lead.
• 7:41
  In 1969, Orville Moody, Chickasaw and Lee Trevino capture the World Cup Team Championship for the United States in Singapore.
• 7:50
  They win by eight strokes over Japan while Moody also ties for third in the individual competition.
• 7:56
  In 1975, Rod Curl Wintu finishes second at the Kaiser International Open at Silverado Country Club.
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  Curl's third round 64 ties the course record and his runner up finish moves him into the top 60 on the PGA Tour money list, preserving his exempt status for another season.
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  Four years later, it's 1979.
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  Willie Stargell Seminole helps Pittsburgh complete a three game sweep of Cincinnati and is named Most Valuable Player of the National League championship series.
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  Stargill bats.455 with two home runs, two doubles and six RBIs as the Pirates head back to the World Series.
• 8:35
  In 1984, Darrell Evans, Yavapai and the Detroit Tigers finish off a sweet of Kansas City to win the American League pennant.
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  The Championship Series victory sends Evans to the World Series for the first time in his long major league career.
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  Then in 1986, Jim Plunkett, Cherokee comes off the bench at age 38 with the Los Angeles Raiders trailing Kansas City 17 0.
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  Plunkett completes 8 of 10 passes for 108 yards and throws the go ahead touchdown as the Raiders come all the way back to win 24 17.
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  In 2002 Wes Welker, Cherokee piles up 327 all purpose yards as Texas Tech beats number 23 Texas A&M 48 to 47 in overtime.
• 9:27
  Welker catches 10 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown, rushes for 41 yards and sets a school record with with 166 punt return yards including an 88 yard touchdown.
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  A year later in 2003 Tiger Woods Cherokee wins the WGC American Express Championship at six under par finishing two strokes ahead of Stewart Appleby, Tim Herron and Vijay Singh.
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  It is the 39th PGA Tour victory of woods career and adds another World Golf Championships title to a collection that eventually reaches 18 in 2007.
• 10:03
  Hoba Chamberlain, Winnebago takes the mound in one of the strangest postseason scenes baseball has ever produced.
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  A massive swarm of midges surrounds Chamberlain during the eighth inning of Game 2 of the American League Division Series in Cleveland, creating the unforgettable Midge game image that follows the Yankees reliever throughout his career.
• 10:24
  In 2008, Jacoby Ellsbray made Navajo produces the first three run single in Major League Baseball postseason history.
• 10:32
  In Game three of the American League Division Series, Ellsbury's bases loaded pop up drops between three Angels fielders and all three runners score.
• 10:41
  A year later, in 2009, Brett Favre, Choctaw faces his old team, the Green Bay packers for the first time and leads the Minnesota vikings to a 30:23 Monday night victory.
• 10:52
  Favre throws for 250, 71 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to record a victory against all 32 franchises.
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  In 2010, Jordan Nolan, Ojibwe signs a three year entry level contract with the Los Angeles Kings.
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  The deal brings Nolan into the Kings organization and starts the path that eventually takes him to the NHL and two Stanley cup championships.
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  In 2014, Wes Welker, Cherokee, passes Rod Smith to become the NFL career receptions leader among undrafted players.
• 11:29
  Welker catches seven passes against Arizona and finishes the day with 854 career receptions, moving beyond Smith's previous mark of 849.
• 11:39
  In 2018, Lane Adams makes his major league postseason debut for Atlanta and Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• 11:50
  Adams reaches base when Clayton Kershaw hits him with a pitch leading off the sixth inning.
• 11:54
  In 2019, Lyle Thompson, Onondaga, is named Major League Lacrosse Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year.
• 12:02
  Thompson leads the league with 73 points on 46 goals and 27 assists, becoming the first Chesapeake Bayhawks player to win either award.
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  Finally, in 2025, Keenan Allen catches career reception number 1000 against Washington.
• 12:18
  Allen reaches the milestone in his 159th career game, eight games faster than Marvin Harrison and becomes the 16th player in NFL history with 1000 receptions.
• 12:29
  October 6th begins in 1900 with Isaac Seneca, Seneca breaking a 50 yard touchdown run for the Professional Greensburg Athletic association against Altoona Juniata.
• 12:39
  Seneca also adds a 25 yard gain as Greensburg wins 23 0, giving us one of the clearest surviving statistical snapshots of his early professional football career.
• 12:50
  Then in 1911, Andrew Sokalexis finishes third in the roughly 24 mile Brockton Fair Marathon.
• 12:58
  In what appears to be only his second marathon, Sokalexis runs 2:31:41, finishing behind only Clarence Demar and Richard Pigott.
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  In 1914, Charles Bender Ojibwe makes his final regular season appearance for Philadelphia.
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  Bender works three innings against New York, allows one hit and no earned runs and strikes out five, closing 12 regular seasons in an athletics uniform.
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  Jump ahead to 1921 John R.
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  Bolling Lee, Muskogee Creek wins the 15 mile open feature at Meridian Speedway in Wichita, Kansas, driving the CL Richards Special with a Hudson Super Six engine.
• 13:40
  Boling defeats John Howard Lee for another major dirt track victory in 1929, Roy Johnson, Cherokee, reaches the end of a remarkable rookie season with Detroit.
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  Johnson finishes with a.314 batting average, 201 hits, 10 home runs and 128 runs scored while tying for the American league league with 45 doubles.
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  Two years later, it's 1931.
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  Pepper Martin Osage collects both St.
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  Louis hits and steals another base in Game 4, the World Series against Philadelphia.
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  The Cardinals lose 3 0, but Martin continues to torment the Athletics at the plate and on the bases.
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  Then then in 1936, Roy Johnson, Cherokee, becomes a World Series champion as the New York Yankees beat the New York Giants 13:5 in game six.
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  The victory gives New York the championship four games to two and adds a World Series title to Johnson's 10 year major league career.
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  Now it's 1946 and Rudy York, Cherokee delivers another huge World Series moment in game one against St.
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  Louis.
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  York launches a two out home run in the top of the 10th inning, breaking a 22 tie and giving Boston a 32 victory.
• 14:55
  In 1948, Nelson Levering, Omaha Bannock, makes his professional boxing debut and knocks out Don Smith in Topeka, Kansas.
• 15:04
  Levering enters the paid ranks after a strong amateur career and begins a professional run that eventually reaches 56 bouts.
• 15:12
  Fast forward and in 1973, Johnny Bench, Choctaw breaks a 11 tie in the 9th inning of game one of the National League Championship Series with a home run off Tom Seaver.
• 15:22
  Bench's shot gives Cincinnati a 21 victory against one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history.
• 15:28
  Four years later in 1977, Bucky Dent, Cherokee delivers a go ahead RBI single as the Yankees beat Kansas City 62 in game two of the American League Championship Series.
• 15:41
  Dent's fifth inning hit scores Willie Randolph and helps New York even the series.
• 15:47
  In 1984, Marvin Camel Salish and Kootenay defends the IBF World Cruiserweight Championship against undefeated Leroy Murphy in Billings, Montana.
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  Camel is ahead on all three scorecards when the fight is stopped after 14 rounds because of cuts over his eyes.
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  Murphy takes the time title by stoppage in one of the most disputed nights of Camel's career.
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  Now we land.
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  In 1996, Tiger Woods Cherokee wins the Las Vegas Invitational at 27 under par, defeating Davis Love III in a playoff.
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  The victory is the first official PGA Tour win of Wood's career and the beginning of a total that eventually reaches 82.
• 16:25
  In 2001, the Edmonton Oilers retire grant fewers number three.
• 16:30
  The permanent honor recognizes the Enoch Cree goaltender who helped anchor Edmonton's championship teams and became one of the defining players of the franchise's dynasty years.
• 16:41
  Then in 2007, Kenwin Cummings Jr.
• 16:44
  Lumby breaks Wingate University's career sack record during a 517 victory over Brevard.
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  Cummings finishes with three tackles for loss, one and a half sacks and a forced fumble moves his career total to 23.5 sacks.
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  In 2011, Keenan Allen catches nine passes for 170 yards and a touchdown against Oregon.
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  It is his third 100 yard game in the first five contests of the season and the start of back to back games with more than 160 receiving yards.
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  Two years later in 2013, Allen produces the first 100 yard receiving game of his NFL NFL career.
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  He catches six passes for 115 yards and his first NFL touchdown for the San Diego Chargers against the Oakland Raiders in 2015, Gabby Lemieux, then competing as Gabby Barker, finishes the Jim West Challenge at five under par and
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  earns co medalist honors for Texas Tech.
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  The victory is the first collegiate tournament title of her career.
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  In 2018, Team Chris Wandelowski reaches 200 appearances for the San Jose Earthquakes and scores career goal number 116.
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  The goal is also his 38th game winner and moves him into a tie for second most Major League Soccer goals scored for one club.
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  Finally, in 2019, Lyle Thompson Onondaga adds a championship to his award winning weekend.
• 18:09
  One day after being named Major League Lacrosse MVP and Offensive Defensive Player of the Year, Thompson scores two goals and adds an assist as the Chesapeake Bayhawks beat Denver 109 for the league title.
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  October 7th starts in 1913 with Charles Bender Ojibwe taking the ball in game one of the World Series at the Polo Grounds.
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  Bender goes the distance, does not walk a batter and earns the fifth World Series victory of his career as Philadelphia beats the New York Giants to 64 in 1931, Pepper Martin Osage drives in four runs with three hits,
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  including a home run as St.
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  Louis beats Philadelphia 51 in World Series Game 5.
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  Martin reaches 12 hits through the first five games, tying the existing World Series record for hits in a series.
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  Four years later in 1935, Elon Hogsat Cherokee becomes a one World Series champion with Detroit.
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  The Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 43 in game six at Navin Field, giving the franchise its first World Series championship.
• 19:15
  In 1995, Tommy Morrison finally meets Lennox Lewis in Atlantic City with Morrison's IBC heavyweight championship at stake.
• 19:25
  Lewis wins by sixth round technical knockout after scoring multiple knockdowns, ending a long awaited matchup between two of Viera's best known heavyweights.
• 19:35
  Move ahead to 2002 Brett Favre Choctaw passes 40,000 career passing yards during Green Bay's 3421 Monday night victory over Chicago.
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  Favre throws for 359 yards and three touchdowns without an interception as he reaches the milestone.
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  In 2006, Kenwin Cummings Jr.
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  Lumby takes over the line of scrimmage as Wingate beats Presbyterian 14 9.
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  Cummings finishes with four and a half tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and three quarterback hurries in one of the strongest games of his college career.
• 20:13
  Then in 2012 Mike Edwards Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw defeats Casey Murphy 204, 199 to win the PBA Midwest Southwest Region Barneys open in Springfield, Missouri.
• 20:28
  The victory is Edwards seventh PBA regional title in 2014.
• 20:34
  Jordan Tutu, Inuit signs a one year contract with the New Jersey Devils after earning a roster spot on a training camp tryout.
• 20:41
  The deal gives Tutu a new NHL opportunity and he responds with 10 goals in 68 games that season.
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  Jumping ahead to 2017 Robbie Ray, Cherokee makes the first postseason start of his major league career for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 20:58
  Three days after working in relief in the wild card game, Ray starts Game two of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2021.
• 21:08
  Geno Ajic Kitigan Zibi Anishinobeg is selected for the BC Sports Sports hall of Fame's Class of 2021 in the Athlete category.
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  The honor recognizes the 12 season NHL veteran and one of the most popular players in Vancouver Canucks history.
• 21:23
  A year later in 2022, Nota Begay III Navajo San Felipe Isleta makes his PGA Tour Champions debut at the Constellation Fury and friends in Jacksonville, Florida.
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  Begay opens the tournament with a two over par 74.
• 21:39
  Finally in 2023, Ethan Downs Osage turns in a career best two sack performance as Oklahoma knocks off third ranked Texas 3430 in the Red River Rivalry.
• 21:51
  Downs adds three solo tackles in a quarterback hurry in one of the signature victories of his Oklahoma career.
• 21:57
  October 8th opens in 1922 with three Indian All Stars sharing the same piece of football history.
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  Joe Guyon, White Earth, Chippewa, Elmer Bush and their player coach Jim Thorpe, Sack and Fox are all part of The Orang Indians 26 victory over the Columbus Panhandles in Marion, Ohio, the first NFL victory in Orang franchise history.
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  Guyon rushes 13 times for 116 yards and two touchdowns including a 55 yard scoring run.
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  Teammate Eagle Feather adds one 109 rushing yards, making Guyon and Eagle Feather the first known teammates in NFL history to each rush for 100 yards in the same game.
• 22:39
  In 1930 Mays Watt McLean, Cherokee scores three touchdowns for the Portsmouth Spartans in a 397 NFL victory over the Frankfurt Yellowjackets.
• 22:49
  McLean scores once on the ground and catches two touchdown passes as we move ahead to 191951 Jack Jacobs Creek is lighting up the Canadian football scoreboard again.
• 23:00
  Jacobs throws four touchdown passes, three to Neil Armstrong and one to Andy Sokol as Winnipeg beats Edmonton 3827 and clinches a playoff berth.
• 23:11
  In 1957, George Armstrong, Algonquin plays his first regular season game as captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
• 23:20
  Armstrong becomes the first player of indigenous heritage to captain an NHL team and begins a 12 season run wearing the sea.
• 23:27
  In 1975, Gary Sargent Ojibwe makes his NHL debut for the Los Angeles Kings against the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum.
• 23:37
  The rookie defenseman begins a three year run with Los Angeles and finishes his first NHL season with 24 points in 63 games.
• 23:47
  That same night, Brian Trottier makes his NHL debut for the New York Islanders against the Kansas City Scouts.
• 23:56
  The game ends in a one to one tie and begins a Hall of Fame playing career that eventually includes six Stanley cup championships.
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  Then in 1977, Bucky Dent, Cherokee doubles home a run as the Yankees beat Kansas City 64 in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series.
• 24:14
  New York enters the night one loss from elimination, but Dent helps build the early lead and the Yankees force a decisive game five in 2005 Hank Basket, Cherokee Pueblo sets a college career high with 11 receptions and gains
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  141 yards for New Mexico against BYU.
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  The performance becomes one of the biggest receiving games of his senior season exactly one year later.
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  Later in 2006, Basket produces his first NFL 100 yard receiving game for Philadelphia against Dallas.
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  He catches three passes for 112 yards and breaks loose for an 87 yard touchdown from the first touchdown of his professional career.
• 24:53
  In 2012, Chris Wandlowski is named Major League Soccer Player of the Month after another strong late season scoring run in 2016 Nico Montano Dene Chickasaw stops Jamie Milinowski with punches at 4 minutes 34 seconds of the fourth round
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  at King of the Cage Social Disorder to win the KOTC Flyweight Championship.
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  It is the first major professional title of Montano's career.
• 25:22
  That same year, Dan Henderson steps into the octagon at age 46 to challenge Mike Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight championship at UFC 204 in Manchester.
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  Henderson drops the champion twice and goes all five rounds before losing by unanimous decision.
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  The bout earns Fight of the Night and Henderson announces his retirement in the Octagon after the fight in 2021 Adrian Hauser Cherokee earns the victory in game one of the National League Division Series as Milwaukee beats Atlanta 2
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  Hauser follows Corbin Burns with two scoreless innings of relief and earns the first postseason win of his major league career.
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  October 9th begins in 1914 with Charles Bender starting game one of the World Series against the Boston braves.
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  Boston wins 71 and the game becomes Bender's final appearance for Philadelphia after 12 seasons, four American League pennants and three World Series championships with the Athletics.
• 26:23
  In 1928, Pepper Martin Osage makes his first World Series appearance, entering Game four against the New York Yankees as a pinch runner and scoring in the ninth inning.
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  It is Martin's first taste of the Fall Classic three years before his famous breakout performance in the 1931 World Series.
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  Six years later, it's 1934 and Martin helped St.
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  Louis finish the job in the Fall classic.
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  He collects two hits as the Cardinals crush Detroit 110 in game seven to win the World Series.
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  Martin closes the seven game series with 11 hits, a.355 batting average, eight runs scored and two stolen bases.
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  In 1946, Rudy York Cherokee gets the moment we teased at the top of the show with Ted Williams intentionally walked in front of him.
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  York launches a three run first inning home run as Boston beats St.
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  Louis 40 in World Series game three.
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  It is York's second home run in the first three games of the series.
• 27:22
  Ten years later in 1956, George Armstrong Algonquin makes his first appearance in the NHL All Star game at the Montreal Forum.
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  The league All Stars and defending Stanley cup champion Montreal Canadiens finish in a 11 tie beginning a run of seven All Star Star game appearances for Armstrong.
• 27:40
  In 2003, Jordan Tutu, Inuit, makes his NHL debut for the Nashville Predators and becomes the first ENIAC to play in the National Hockey League.
• 27:50
  The 20 year old from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, makes history against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim on opening night.
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  Two years later in 2005, Tiger Woods Cherokee wins the WGC American Express championship championship at 10 under par, defeating John Daly in a playoff.
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  It is the 46th PGA Tour victory of Wood's career and another World Golf Championships title in a run that eventually reaches 18.
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  In 2011, Rickie Fowler wins the Colon Korea Open for the first professional victory of his career.
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  Fowler finishes six strokes ahead of Rory McIlroy and breaks through after a string of close calls.
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  Two years years later, in 2013, Chris Wandlowski, Kiowa receives Major League Soccer Player of the Week honors after the hat trick that makes him San Jose's career scoring leader in 2021, Xavier Guillory Nez purse catches an 18 yard
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  touchdown pass just before halftime as Idaho State upsets number 7 UC Davis 2717.
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  Guillory also adds a 25 yard reception on the touchdown drive as Idaho state earns its first victory over a top 10 opponent since 2005.
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  Finally in 2024, Aiden Thomas Laguna Pueblo helps New Mexico State win the men's team championship at the NB3 match play at Twin Warriors Golf Club on Santa Ana Pueblo.
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  The Aggies finish ahead of a national field that includes Texas, New Mexico and Stanford.
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  The wheat week closes on October 10th with Charles Bender Ojibwe back on the World series mound.
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  In 1905, Bender makes his first World Series start and throws a four hit complete game shutout against the New York Giants.
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  He strikes out nine and beats Joe McGinnity 30 for Philadelphia's only victory of the series.
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  Eight years later, in 1913, Bender wins game four of the World Series against Newton, New York 65 with another complete game.
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  The victory is the sixth World Series win of his career, making him the first pitcher in baseball history to reach six victories in the Fall Classic.
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  In 1931, Pepper Martin Osage helped St.
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  Louis beat Philadelphia 42 in Game 7 and catches the final out to secure the World Series championship.
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  Martin finishes the series batting.500 with 1212 hits, four doubles, a home run, five RBIs, five runs and five stolen bases.
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  That same year, Tommy Yar turns in one of the toughest performances of his Notre Dame career against Northwestern at Soldier Field.
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  Playing with a broken left hand in a cast and an injured finger on his right hand.
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  Yar delivers five perfect long snaps in miserable conditions while punter Marchie Schwartz is backed up behind the Notre Dame goal line.
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  The game finishes 00 in 1945.
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  Rudy York, Cherokee becomes a World Series champion as Detroit beats the Chicago Cubs 93 in Game 7 at Wrigley Field.
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  York is the Tigers regular first baseman throughout the pennant winning season and the victory gives Detroit the championship four games to three.
• 30:59
  Fast forward to 1970 and Jim Plunk at Cherokee lead Stanford past Southern California 24 14, ending USC's 12 game winning streak over Stanford.
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  Plunkett completes 19 of 31 passes for 275 yards as Stanford knocks off a Trojans team that has gone 25 consecutive regular season games without a loss.
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  Then in 1999, Nota Begay III Navajo San Felipe Isleta wins the Mix Michelob Championship at Kingsmill for the second PGA Tour victory of his career.
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  Begay takes the title with a par on the second playoff hole.
• 31:38
  In 2002, Jonathan Chichu makes his NHL debut for the San Jose Sharks against the defending Stanley cup champion Detroit Red Wings.
• 31:48
  The game completes the path from San Jose drafting chee Choo in 1998 to his arrival at hockey's highest level, jumping ahead two years to 2004.
• 31:57
  Wes Welker, Cherokee, does a little bit of everything for Miami against New England after kicker Olindo Mare is injured.
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  Welker handles returns and kicking duties, makes a field goal and an extra point, kicks off and even records a tackle in one of the most unusual all phase performances by an NFL position player.
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  In 2007, Kerry Price, Ocacho makes his NHL debut and earns his first victory as Montreal beats Pittsburgh 3 2.
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  Price makes 26 saves, including stops on the first two NHL shots he faces from Mark Leckie and Sidney Crosby.
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  Then in 2014, Chris Wandlowski is named to the NCAA Division 240th Anniversary Tribute Team, a national honor recognizing his collegiate career at Chico State final.
• 32:45
  Finally in 2025, Aliyah Nye Gun Lake Potawatomi becomes a WNBA champion as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 97 to 86 to complete a four game finals sweep.
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  Nye earns a championship in a rookie season after appearing in all 44 regular season games and six playoff games for Las Vegas.
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  That wraps up another week of incredible moments in Indian All Stars history.
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  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 present.
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  I hope you'll join me again next week as we bring more great Native athletes back back into the spotlight.
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  Until then, this is Indian All Stars.