Jim Thorpe
Who is Jim Thorpe?
James Francis Thorpe was born on May 28, 1888, near Prague, Indian Territory [now is known as Oklahoma], United States.
Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox nation in Oklahoma, Thorpe became the first native American to win a gold medal for the United States.
Life of Thorpe
Predominantly of American Indian (Sauk and Fox) descent, Thorpe attended Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas, and Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian Industrial School. He was a two-time All-American for the school's football team.
Thorpe was considered as one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 penthathlon
achievements
College Football Hall of Fame – 1951
Charter Enshrine in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – 1963
All-America – 1911, 1912
Olympic Decathlon and Pentathlon Champion – 1912
AP Most Outstanding Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century – 1950
“America’s Greatest Football Player of the half-century” – 1950
ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century – 2001
Track and Field Hall of Fame
In 1950, the nation’s press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century
From 1996-2001, he was continuously awarded ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century award
sources:
https://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/achievements/
https://sports.jrank.org/pages/4845/Thorpe-Jim-Awards-Accomplishments.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Thorpe-American-athlete
