Charles "Chang" Welch was an American Footballer, and the brother of well-known boxing manager Suey Welch

Suey Welch

Stephen H. "Suey" Welch was an Akron, Ohio-based manager who handled boxers from the 1920s through the 1970s. He specialized in bringing fighters from Ohio to Southern California, where many of them went on to become main event fighters. Most notably, he managed Middleweight Champion Gorilla Jones...

. He managed Hank Hankinson and Charley (Killer) Coates, who were his brother's fighters, while Suey was involved in promoting and matchmaking at the Olympic Auditorium. He purportedly got his name of Chang, while catching rides on a Chinese laundryman's truck as a kid with his brothers. For a few years, Chang played alongside his brothers Suey and Howe

Howe Welch

Howard A. "Howe" Welch was a professional football player for the Akron Indians. Around 1916, the Indians were briefly referred to as the Burkhardts, a semi-pro team was organized by Howe's brother Suey around brothers Howe and his other brother Chang and Carl Cardarelli...

 for the Akron Indians of the "Ohio League

Ohio League

The Ohio League was an informal and loose association of American football clubs active between 1903 and 1919 that competed for the Ohio Independent Championship . As the name implied, its teams were based in Ohio...

" from around 1916 until 1918. The Indians were re-established in 1916 and temporarily called the Akron Burkhardts, after a local brewer. The team was reportedly built around the brothers.