Jim Thorpe
James Francis Thorpe (May 28, 1888 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete in track, football, and baseball. Thorpe was part Native American and was from Oklahoma. He played football, track, and six other sports at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. While at Carlisle, Thorpe's team was one of the best in the country, and beat an Army team that had Dwight Eisenhower. Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon (five track and field events in one day) and decathlon (ten events in two days) at the 1912 Summer Olympics. After the decathlon, the King of Sweden called him the greatest athlete alive. His medals were taken away because he had played professional baseball, but were returned in 1982, long after his death.[4]
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| Born: | May 22 or 28, 1887[2] Near Prague, Indian Territory | ||
| Died: | March 28, 1953 (aged 65) Lomita, California | ||
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| College: | Carlisle | ||
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| Career: | 14–25–2 | ||
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| Gold | 1912 Stockholm | Decathlon |
| Gold | 1912 Stockholm | Pentathlon |
After the Olympics, Thorpe played professional baseball and football. He played for football teams including the Canton Bulldogs, Rock Island Independents, Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants.[5] He was commissioner of the NFL for one year. Thorpe is in the NFL Hall of Fame. He also played for baseball teams including the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Braves [6] For several years, Thorpe toured with football, baseball and basketball teams that only had Native American players. Late in life, Thorpe had problems with alcoholism. Thorpe died in 1953. He was buried in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, which changed its name to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
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Thorpe tackling a dummy that is made of weights and pulley on wire, with Coach Warner, 1912
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Thorpe with basketball, 1927
Jim Thorpe's grave in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Thorpe is featured on the reverse of the 2018 Sacagawea dollar.
Thorpe as backfield coach for Indiana, 1915
1933 Goudey Sport Kings card
Thorpe shaking hands with Moses Friedman while Glenn "Pop" Warner (left), Lewis Tewanima (center), and a crowd look on
Thorpe in Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform, c. 1909
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References
- ↑ "Hall of Famers by Jersey Number". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ↑ Sources vary. See, for example, Flatter, Ron. "Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo", ESPN. Retrieved December 9, 2016, and
Golus, Carrie (2012). Jim Thorpe (Revised Edition), Twenty-First Century Books. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-4677-0397-0. - ↑ Cook. p. 115.
- ↑ McCallum, Jack (October 25, 1982). "Jim Thorpe's Olympic gold medals at last have been - 10.25.82 - SI Vault". cnn.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Jim Thorpe Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ↑ "Jim Thorpe Stats". Baseball-Reference.com.
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