Osley Bird Saunooke (July 19, 1906 – April 16, 1965) was a professional wrestler and politician who served as the 17th Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians from 1951 to 1955 and from 1959 to 1963.

Billed as Chief Saunooke, he won the Super Heavyweight title in 1937 from Thor Johnson and held it for fourteen years.

After taking part in more than five thousand matches, including seventeen main events in New York City's Madison Square Garden, he retired from the ring in 1951 and returned to Cherokee to enter business and wrestling promoter.

[5] Born on July 19, 1906, to a Cherokee father and English mother, Saunooke was descended from a lineage of Indian chiefs for five generations.

[5] Since 1978, the Chief Osley B. Saunooke wrestling invitational takes place every year at Cherokee High School.