Mayes Watt McLain (April 16, 1905 â€" March 6, 1983), also known as
Watt Mayes McLain, was an American football player and professional
wrestler. He played college football for the Haskell Institute from
1925 to 1926 and for the University of Iowa in 1928. In 1926, he set
college football's single-season scoring record with 253 points on 38
touchdowns, 19 extra point kicks, and two field goals. His record of
38 touchdowns in a season stood for more than 60 years until
1988.McLain later played in the National Football League, under the
name Chief McLain, for the Portsmouth Spartans (1930-1931) and Staten
Island Stapletons (1931). After retiring from football, McLain worked
as a professional wrestler, sometimes under the name the "Masked
Manager", from 1933 to 1953.Mayes was born in Pryor, Oklahoma in 1905
as the youngest of six children. A brother and sister died in infancy.
Both his parents were of Cherokee and Scotch-Irish ancestry and were
born in Texas; they married in Pryor. Along with other members of his
family, Mayes was registered in 1906 at the age of one year on the
Dawes Rolls as "Cherokee by blood" (1/8). Both parents were registered
as Cherokee: his father Pleas L. McLain was a farmer. His mother was
Martha McLain.McLain attended the Haskell Institute in Lawrence,
Kansas, a college founded for Native Americans of various tribes. He
played football for Dick Hanley's Haskell Indians in 1925 and 1926.
During the 1926 season, McLain set the all-time college football
scoring record with 253 points on 38 touchdowns, 19 extra point kicks,
and two field goals. McLain was considered a triple-threat man who
excelled at running, passing and kicking. He also played on defense as
well as offense.
Watt Mayes McLain, was an American football player and professional
wrestler. He played college football for the Haskell Institute from
1925 to 1926 and for the University of Iowa in 1928. In 1926, he set
college football's single-season scoring record with 253 points on 38
touchdowns, 19 extra point kicks, and two field goals. His record of
38 touchdowns in a season stood for more than 60 years until
1988.McLain later played in the National Football League, under the
name Chief McLain, for the Portsmouth Spartans (1930-1931) and Staten
Island Stapletons (1931). After retiring from football, McLain worked
as a professional wrestler, sometimes under the name the "Masked
Manager", from 1933 to 1953.Mayes was born in Pryor, Oklahoma in 1905
as the youngest of six children. A brother and sister died in infancy.
Both his parents were of Cherokee and Scotch-Irish ancestry and were
born in Texas; they married in Pryor. Along with other members of his
family, Mayes was registered in 1906 at the age of one year on the
Dawes Rolls as "Cherokee by blood" (1/8). Both parents were registered
as Cherokee: his father Pleas L. McLain was a farmer. His mother was
Martha McLain.McLain attended the Haskell Institute in Lawrence,
Kansas, a college founded for Native Americans of various tribes. He
played football for Dick Hanley's Haskell Indians in 1925 and 1926.
During the 1926 season, McLain set the all-time college football
scoring record with 253 points on 38 touchdowns, 19 extra point kicks,
and two field goals. McLain was considered a triple-threat man who
excelled at running, passing and kicking. He also played on defense as
well as offense.
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