Philip J. "Woodchuck" Welmas (February 26, 1891 - November 15, 1968) was a Native American professional football player in the early National Football League. He was Cupeño from the Pala Reservation in San Diego County, California. Cupeño is Cahuilla and Luiseño mixed. "Mission Indians at the Carlisle Indian School (1879-1918)." Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Accessed March 25, 2011.
Welmas played in four games in the NFL with the Oorang Indians which Jim Thorpe was the coach for the 1923 season. He ended his professional career after the Indians disbanded in 1923.
Welmas attended college and played college football at the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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References What's an Oorang? The Oorang Indians Ongoing Research Project Uniform Numbers of the NFL Pre-1933