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Birth Date: | 23 March 1875 |
Birth Place: | Le Flore County, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hugo, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Kendall College |
Coach Years1: | 1895–1897 |
Overall Record: | 5–1–1 |
Joseph Norman Leard (March 23, 1875 – July 20, 1961) was an American football coach and secretary to Green McCurtain, principal chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He was one-thirty-second Choctaw origin and attended in the Indian schools in Oklahoma.[1] He was the head football coach for the Kendall Orange and Black football team from 1895 to 1897.[2] In addition to being the coach, he was also the captain and quarterback of Kendall's first football team.[3]