Are there any Asian or Native American professional football players?

Question

I'm just curious.

Answer 1

There are a bunch of Samoans. Junior Seau, Lofa Tatupu, Troy Polamalu (I seem to notice a USC theme here . . .)

Here's an incomplete list: http://espn.go.com/gen/s/2002/0528/1387810.html

Samoans scare me. I think they are the toughest and most intimidating bunch of people on earth! Don't get me wrong, every Samoan person I have ever met has been nice, but I wouldn't want to make them angry!

There's also Hines Ward and Will Demps who are 1/2 asian. I think both Korean.

The only native American I can think of is Jim Thorpe, who played for the American Professional Football Association before it became the NFL.

Answer 2

They are Mongoloid (Central Asian) with a hint of European DNA. During the Ice age they traveled from Central Asia down through Europe and Russia, crossed the Ice-Bridge into Alaska, picking up new DNA along the way. I wouldn't advice telling a native this though because even though any Geneticist would agree a Native will get upset if you call them Asian and literally want to fight if you tell them they have any kind of white in them that wasn't the result of rape. One cant really blame them but facts are facts, they are part of something they hate.

Answer 3

Nat. American no
Dat Ngyuen(retired ) 4 the cowboys
Hines Ward

Answer 4

There was also Eugene Chung, an offensive lineman who played for a few years in the early-mid 90s. Timmy Chang, a quarterback from Hawaii, was on the practice squad for the Cardinals last season, and was in camp with the Eagles this year.

Answer 5

Hines Ward is Half Korean

Answer 6

there are some
i remember a chineese linebacker for the cowboys a few yearsa ago named dat winn. Hines Ward is also half korean

Answer 7

dat ngyuen for the Cowboys. Not sure if he still plays.
Several Samoan players like Manemaleuna and tinosamoa