An unknown number of African-Americans played in the major leagues by representing themselves as Indians, or South or Central Americans.

Prior to 1947 the Indians played most of their games at League Park, and occasionally played weekend games at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.

After the Maris trade, Lane acquired 25-year old Norm Cash from the White Sox for Minnie Miñoso and then traded him to Detroit before he ever played a game for the Indians ; Cash went on to hit over 350 home runs for the Tigers.

A total of eight Ohio Cup games were played, in 1989 to 1996, with the Indians winning six of them.

The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979.

Captain Vancouver played an undeniable role in the subsequent series of upheavals and losses in the lives and homelands of the Indians on the North American Pacific Coast, since his explorations opened up the region to European colonization of the New World.

This new campaign was not universally embraced within the Dalit community, as Ambedkar condemned Gandhi's use of the term Harijans as saying that Dalits were socially immature, and that privileged caste Indians played a paternalistic role.

By 1947, he had appeared in over 50 films and had played Indians, Mafia dons, Hawaiian chiefs, Filipino freedom-fighters, Chinese guerrillas, and Arab sheiks, but was still not a major star.

He played as part of several All-American Indian teams throughout his career, and " barnstormed " as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians.

Between 1921 and 1923, he helped organize and played for the LaRue, Ohio, ( Marion County, Ohio ) Oorang Indians, an all-Native American team.

Over his career, Stairs has played for six other minor league teams: The Indianapolis Indians ( Triple-A ) in 1992, the Ottawa Lynx ( Triple-A ) in 1993, the New Britain Red Sox ( Double-A ) in 1994, the Pawtucket Red Sox ( Triple-A ) in 1995, the Edmonton Trappers ( Triple-A ) in 1996 and a few rehab games for the Nashville Sounds ( Triple-A ) in 2003.

He then played for the Mayaguez Indians in the Puerto Rico Baseball League, where he posted a 13-2 record and helped the Indians win the league championship.

Over his 22-year career, he played for six teams: the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Cleveland Indians.

He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1965 to 1966 and the San Diego Padres in 1969.

* Dave Gallagher ( born 1960 ) Major League Baseball player who played 9 years in Major League Baseball for teams including the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and Cleveland Indians.

* Jack Armstrong ( born 1965 ), Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins and Texas Rangers.

* Don Newcombe ( born 1926 ), former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1949 – 51 and 1954 – 58 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1958 – 60 ) and Cleveland Indians ( 1960 ).

In the early 1920s LaRue was home to famous athlete Jim Thorpe, who coached and played for the Oorang Indians football team in 1922-1923.

Held every September, the annual festival Bois d ’ Arc Bash pays homage to bois d ’ arc trees which played a vital part in the frontier days, providing foundations, fences and weapons of the Indians.

Karankawa Indians played a key role in the early development of the Texas Gulf Coast.

The 1930s did bring Snohomish some national notice, however, due to baseball great Earl Averill, the only Washingtonian in the Baseball Hall of Fame, who played from 1929 to 1941, mostly with the Cleveland Indians.

The Indians played the Red Sox on July 18, 1919.

The assets of the ACFL Steam Roller were bought and taken to the Continental Football League as the Rhode Island Indians, where the team played one last season in 1965.

He also played guitar and sang backup harmonies for Bobby Darin.

Both sang ( usually backup ), and Betty played tambourine, while Veronica played organ.

The band played four songs, and later provided backup with the Electric Light Orchestra for George Harrison.

* Sang backup vocals and played the harmonica on the Indigo Girls song " Shame on You ", on their album Shaming of the Sun ( 1997 ).

Steve Young played behind Montana his first several years, but shone as a backup.

With the Warriors, Thurmond was an aggressive rebounder-defender who played at the forward position opposite superstar Wilt Chamberlain or was his backup at center.

In 1999, he played Madonna's best friend in The Next Best Thing ( he also sang backup on her cover of " American Pie ", which is on the film's soundtrack ).

On the band's 2004 release, Lest We Forget: The Best Of, Sköld produced, played lead guitar, and sang backup vocals on the cover version of " Personal Jesus ", which was also released as a single.

An all-around threat, Maynor had played with the CityHawks under Kuharich in 1997, but took only one snap all season as the backup to Mike Perez.

) Being moved up to the backup crew of Gemini 9 meant that Aldrin flew prime crew on Gemini 12, which played a major part in his selection for the Apollo 8 backup and Apollo 11 prime crews, ultimately making him the second man on the Moon.

In 1975, he was in The Telepaths, a band which played backup for a couple of live gigs by the pre-The Screamers band The Tupperwares.

Disappointed by his lack of playing time, Nutt transferred to Oklahoma State University and played two years as a backup quarterback.

Although he only played 6 games in his 5 seasons with New Orleans, the Panthers signed Delhomme in 2003 to be the backup to starting quarterback Rodney Peete.

For the next two years, he was a backup goaltender for the Dallas Stars and the Vancouver Canucks ( for whom he played significant stretches with ample success ) until he became the starter for the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 – 99 season.

The telescope also played a role in relaying data from the NASA Galileo mission to Jupiter that required radio-telescope support due to the use of its backup telemetry subsystem as the principal means to relay science data.

Relegated to the backup role, Kiprusoff continued to struggle, winning just five of 22 games played before his season ended with a knee injury.

He continued to serve as the backup catcher when the Giants signed Mike Matheny prior to the 2005 season ; in fact, he played less than when Pierzynski was the starter.

He played 31 games for the Rangers, a large total for a backup goaltender.

After five years as a backup for the Rangers ( 1973 – 77 ), during which he played primarily as a first baseman, he was sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates in June 1977.

Donal Clancy, Liam's youngest son played backup on the studio album while Bobby's son Finbarr Clancy played backup on the Farewell video.