Jim Thorpe went on to become the first Native American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and is considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time.

Jim Thorpe – All-American One of the great stories in American sports history - the real-life yarn of Jim Thorpe, the Indian athlete - is compellingly told in Jim Thorpe - All-American. Only a ...

A lengthy resume with the Hawkeyes lands Desmond King at #18 on our countdown of the best college athletes from the last 25 ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities ... where King Gustaf V had declared him the greatest athlete in the world. In his ample and annotated biography, David Maraniss ...

The National High School Football Hall of Fame has announced their 2025 class, which includes iconic names. Jim Thorpe, one ...

"Jim Thorpe came from such, you know, meager beginnings to become the greatest athlete in the world,” said Anita Thorpe, Jim ...

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it took on its current title after the famous Olympian and Native American athlete of the same name was buried in town. (His mausoleum and memorial are located on Route 903). Today, Jim Thorpe is ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...