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Winneshiek – Backfield of the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

Backfield of the Carlisle Indian School Football Team, 1911, 1912, and 1913.

Winneshiek caption, under photo: ARCASA “R.H.B.” Powell F.B. Welch “Q.B.” Thorpe “L.H.B.”
Greatest Backfield of Them All — Carlisle 1911, ’12 and ’13.

Left to right: Alex Arcasa, Stancil “Possum” Powell, Gus Welch, and Jim Thorpe

Photographer: A.A. Line

Collection: Indian School Collection

Photo ID: WK-01-01

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©2017 Cumberland County Historical Society | Adapted from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School Research Pages of Barbara Landis