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{{Short description|American football player, coach, and lawyer (1885–1947)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Ted St. Germaine
| image       = Ted st. germaine.jpg
| image_size  = 200
| alt         =
| caption     = 1922 photo of Jim Thorpe and Ted St. Germaine as teammates on the Oorang Indians football team
| number      = 24
| position    = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]], [[Center (gridiron football)|center]], [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1885|2|2}}
| birth_place = [[Lac du Flambeau (town), Wisconsin|Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1947|10|4|1885|2|2}}
| death_place = [[Lac du Flambeau (town), Wisconsin|Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lbs  = 250
| high_school =
| college     = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
| pastteams   =
*[[Oorang Indians]] ({{NFL Year|1922}})
| pfr         = S/St.GTe20
}}
'''Thomas Leo "Ted" St. Germaine''' (February 2, 1885 – October 4, 1947) was an [[American football]] player, coach, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Villanova College—now known as [[Villanova University]]—for one season, in 1913, compiling a record of 4–2–1. Germaine played professionally in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) during the [[1922 NFL season|1922 season]]. That season, he joined the NFL's [[Oorang Indians]], a team based in [[LaRue, Ohio]], which was composed solely of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], and coached by [[Jim Thorpe]]. St. Germaine was qualified to play for the Indians since he was a [[Chippewa]].<ref name="PFRA">{{cite journal|first1=Bob|last1=Braunwart|first2=Bob|last2=Caroll|first3=Joe|last3=Horrigan|title=The Oorang Indians|url=http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/03-01-057.pdf|journal=Coffin Corner|publisher=[[Pro Football Researchers Association]]|volume=3|number=1|year=1981|page=17}}</ref>
Germaine attended the [[University of Wisconsin]], but found the atmosphere more friendly at [[Carlisle Indian Industrial School]], located in Pennsylvania, where he played football and earned his bachelor's degree. He then furthered his education at [[Howard University]] and [[Yale Law School]] where, in 1913, he acquired a law degree. He returned to Lac du Flambeau to represent the Lake Superior Band of Chippewa in treaty rights cases and subsequently argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
He was recruited to play for the Oorang Indians, in 1922, at the age of 37, by Jim Thorpe. He is believed to have been the first attorney at law to play for an NFL team.
After his football career ended, St. Germaine became a tribal judge and, in 1932, was the first Native-American admitted to the [[Bar association|bar in Wisconsin]]. When United States President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] ended the Native-American assimilation policies, St. Germaine served as the spokesman for the Lac du Flambeau delegation at the [[Hayward, Wisconsin]], hearings. At these hearings, St. Germaine argued for Indian self-government and tribal control of natural resources as stipulated in the treaties of the 19th century. Some of these concepts were incorporated into the [[Indian Reorganization Act of 1934]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lineman, Lawyer, Ojibwe|url=http://portalwisconsin.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/lineman-lawyer-ojibwe/|publisher=WisconsinPortal.org|accessdate=March 28, 2012}}</ref> Germaine died of a heart attack in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Learn of Death of Thomas St. Germaine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2753596/ironwood_daily_globe/ |newspaper=[[Ironwood Daily Globe]] |location=[[Ironwood, Michigan]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 9, 1947 |page=12 |access-date=July 5, 2015 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}}}}</ref>
==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name      = [[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova Wildcats]]
| conf      = Independent
| startyear = 1913
| endyear   = single}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year         = [[1913 college football season|1913]]
| name         = [[1913 Villanova Wildcats football team|Villanova]]
| overall      = 4–2–1
| conference   =
| confstanding =
| bowlname     =
| bowloutcome  =
| bcsbowl      =
| ranking      = no
| ranking2     = no}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name       = Villanova
| overall    = 4–2–1
| confrecord = }}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall  = 4–2–1
| bowls    = no
| poll     = no
| polltype =
| legend   = no}}
==References==
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