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This Week in NDN All-Stars History: September 6–12 · Sports History Network

• 0:58
  A heavyweight rematch produces the exact same unusual result.
• 1:03
  A legendary speed skier enters another hall of Fame.
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  A rookie makes her first WNBA start and a 99 yard touchdown ties an unbreakable NFL record.
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  This week we travel from the earliest days of professional baseball to the boxing rings of San Francisco, Detroit and Los Angeles.
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  And from Major League Baseball to Monday Night Football.
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  Welcome to Indian All Stars.
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  I'm Bill Black.
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  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 September 6th through September 12th in Indian All Stars history.
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  Our journey begins on September 6th.
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  The year is 1902.
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  Penobscot baseball pioneer Louis Socalexis closes his lone season with the Lowell Tigers of the New England League.
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  Five years removed from his historic major league debut with Cleveland.
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  Sokalexis plays the entire season for Lowell and finishes with a.288 batting average.
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  It becomes his final full season in professional baseball.
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  Now we move to September 8th.
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  The year is 1936.
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  Iroquois boxing great Henry Armstrong faces Donnie Ganzon in Los Angeles.
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  Armstrong needs less than two minutes to finish the fight, knocking out Ganzon at 1 minute and 54 seconds of the first round.
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  Let's go to September 9th.
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  We begin in 1937.
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  Henry Armstrong meets Charlie Burns in another Los Angeles showdown.
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  Armstrong scores the knockout at 2 minutes and 45 seconds of the fourth round.
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  Now fast forward 67 years to 2004.
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  Lakota pitcher Bobby Madrid takes the mound for the Seattle Mariners against the Boston Red Sox.
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  The rookie left hander holds Boston scoreless for eight innings, leading Seattle to a 71 victory at Safeco Field.
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  19 years later, it's 2023.
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  Cheyenne, Arapaho and Mescalero Apache speed skier Ross Anderson is formally recogn as a member of the North American Indigenous Athletics hall of Fame.
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  The ceremony takes place at Canterbury Park Expo center in Shakopee, Minnesota.
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  Anderson is honored for a groundbreaking career that includes eight national championships, a world championship bronze medal and an American speed skiing record of more than 154 miles per hour.
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  Now jump ahead two more years to 2025.
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  Potawatomi guard Aliyah Nye receives the first starting assignment of her WNBA career with the Las Vegas Aces.
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  The rookie helps Las Vegas defeat The Chicago Sky 92 61.
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  Next we arrive at September 10th.
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  The year is 1923.
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  Cherokee Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey becomes the first athlete ever to appear on the COVID of Time magazine.
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  The COVID reaches readers only four days before Dempsey defends his championship against Luis Angelfirpo at the Polo Grounds in New York York.
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  Now we move to September 11th.
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  Our first stop is 1934 at the Naval Armory in Detroit.
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  Cherokee heavyweight Joe Lewis enters the ring against Al Delaney.
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  Lewis stops Delaney by technical knockout in the fourth round, improving his professional record to six wins without a loss.
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  Now fast forward 81 years to 2015.
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  Cherokee guard Angel Goodrich delivers one of her strongest performances for the Seattle storm.
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  Goodrich scores 11 points and hands out five assists, helping Seattle defeat the Minnesota Lynx 7864 two years later, it's 2017.
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  Cherokee quarterback Sam Bradford opens the Minnesota Vikings season under the lights of Monday Night football.
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  Bradford completes 27 of 32 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns.
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  He does not throw an interception and records a career high passer rating of 143.0.
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  The Vikings defeat the New Orleans Saints 2919 and Bradford's performance earns him National Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors.
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  Our final day begins on September 12th.
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  We open in 1935 at Shibe park in Philadelphia.
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  Cherokee pitcher Valley Eaves makes his major league debut for the Philadelphia Athletics, facing the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader.
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  Eaves pitches, is a complete Game 7 hitter.
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  He goes the full nine innings and earns his first major league victory as Philadelphia wins 4:3.
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  Now jump ahead 76 years to 2011.
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  Cherokee receiver Wes Welker produces one of the longest scoring plays in National Football League history.
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  Welker catches a pass from Tom Brady near the New England goal line and races 99 yards for a touchdown.
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  The play ties the National Football League record for the longest possible pass play.
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  Welker finishes the night with eight receptions, 160 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
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  The New England Patriots defeat the Miami Dolphins 3824 as Welker has a big game on Monday Night Football.
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  Our final stop comes 10 years later.
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  It's 2021 at Flamborough Speedway in Ontario.
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  Mohawk stock car driver Dexter Stacy returns to oval racing after consecutive Strong finishes.
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  Starting 13th, Stacy moves the number 92 Chevrolet into the top 10 during the opening half of the race.
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  But on lap 71, the engine fails, ending Stacy's promising run as the car comes to a stop in turn three.
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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, an 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 into the spotlight.
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  Until then, this is Indian All Stars.