The idea for this piece came a few months back when I read the book The Real All-Americans by Sally Jenkins. It's a extremely good read about football at the Carlisle Indian Industry School in the early years of college football. Names like Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe are names you might recognize but not realize they are associated with the all Native American school. If you're looking for something to read, I'd strongly recommend it. The Gopher connection to Carlisle comes in the form of Edward Rogers, first a player at the Indian school, he would go on to Captain the legendary Gophers 1903 team.
Minnesota Football: #TBT Ed Rogers Ojibwe Baller
