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Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_opt=0;Ads_wrd='[KeyWord]';Ads_prf='';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';Ads_sec=0; forum radio shops sweeps ... Journals All times in EST Judaism: 9:00 PM Football You Are Here: BellaOnline Sports Football Judith Hodges BellaOnline's Football Editor Jim Thorpe I have been a big fan of Jim Thorpe for many years. I recently took over the Today in History site on Bellaonline and I added Jim Thorpe’s death date. So, I wanted to tell the football readers about him too. Who is Jim Thorpe? He was a star in his day. He should still be a star to any player that loves football, baseball, and track and field. He did it all. Jim was born in 1888. Being a Native American, he grew up on a reservation. He played football for Pop Warner. He played major league baseball. He won the Olympic pentathlon. He also did the Olympic decathlon. Jim was named the Athlete of the Century. In researching Jim Thorpe’s life, I found stories that were passed down generation to generation from family members who saw Jim in action. The stories read like a Greek myth. The feats were something only a great hero could perform, or a camera trick for a Powerade commercial for Michael Vick or Lebron James today. These stories are part of his legend and his greatness. Jim Thorpe died in 1953 after a great sports career. He crossed boundaries in sports as a Native American that we still fight, unfortunately, in today’s society. He was a natural athlete before steroids were used to manipulate the game. He was a star before it was worth millions. We have had great two-sport athletes like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, but how many three-sport athletes do we have? Even Michael Jordan had a hard time with two sports and he is arguably the greatest player to touch a basketball.

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JIM THORPE: JIM THORPE OVERVIEW: Jim Thorpe-A old town reborn. Jim Thorpe, a model for tourism and travel development. JIM THORPE INFORMATION: Jim Thorpe: The Man Jim Francis Thorpe was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on May 28th,1888, a descendant of the famous Chief Black Hawk. As a youth he attended the Carlisle Indian Academy near Harrisburg. In 1912, he participated in the Stockholm Olympics. He broke record after world record, and set a point total unprecedented in the modern Olympiad. Jim Thorpe won every event in the pentathlon except the javelin throw. King Gustav of Sweden, in presenting the gold medals, said to Jim Thorpe,"Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." Soon after the Olympics, a newspaper reporter discovered that, while at Carlisle, Jim Thorpe had played a season of professional baseball for $60 a month. Despite the protestations of Jim Thorpe that he didn't know he was breaking any rules, the Olympic Committee stripped him of his gold medals on the grounds that Thorpe had forfeited his amateur status. Over the years, Jim Thorpe continued to play professional sports, including the Canton Bulldogs football team. He also played football at Carlisle Institute and went on to play professional football and have a six-year professional baseball career with the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves. In 1950, he was voted the "greatest male athlete of the first 50 years of the 20th century" by the sports writers of the Associated Press. However, he had fallen victim to illness and economic insecurity. In 1951, he was a charity case in the cancer ward of a Phildelphia hospital. His wife, Patricia is reported to have said,"We're broke. Jim has nothing but his name and his memories. He has spent money on his own people and has given it away. He has been often exploited."

44. Did You Know - Thorpe thorpe excelled in virtually every sport, playing football, basketball, baseball, His entire family considered jim thorpe very gentle and simple. http://www.cityofhawthorne.com/dyk_jthorpe.htm

Did You Know ? Index Public Services Search Links Contact Us ... Site Map Jim Thorpe - one of the World's Greatest Athletes On Prairie Avenue, just north of Rosecrans Street, there is a park called Jim Thorpe Park. That is because Thorpe lived in Hawthorne during the late 1940s and was, at one time, considered by many "the Greatest Athlete in the World." Thorpe excelled in virtually every sport, playing football, basketball, baseball, and participating in track and field. He had numerous major feats, especially in football and track. In track and field, Thorpe participated in the pentathlon and decathlon and swept gold medals in both of those in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. In the decathlon, Thorpe broke the World record which stood until 1928. Thorpe also stood out in football, playing first at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. During the 1911 and 1912 seasons, his outstanding rushing ability guided Carlisle to big wins over then powerhouses Army (West Point, New York), University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. He was a three-time All-American, including first-team in his final two seasons. For much of the time, Thorpe was know for his track and field ability but decided to try out for the Carlisle football team, head coached by the legendary Pop Warner, in the fall of 1907 when he was 20 years old. He borrowed a uniform that was two sizes too big. The players chuckled but Warner had him take the uniform off because he did not want the track and field standout to get hurt. Later, though, Warner tossed Thorpe the football and had him do some tackling practice. From there, he took off being a third-team All-American player in the 1908 season.

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Jim Thorpe About Me School Report Feedback ... Go Back to Report On May 28, 1888, James Francis Thorpe was born to Hiram and Charlotte Thorpe on the Sac and Fox Indian reservation with his twin Charlie. When Jim was eight years old Charlie died. After his brother's death, his parents sent him to Haskell Institute where Jim was introduced to baseball and football. Jim was at Haskell when his mother died. In 1904, at age fifteen Jim Thorpe went to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. After two months his father died. At Carlisle Jim met Glenn "Pop" Warner who would help begin his great athletic career. Pop was the track and football coach at Carlisle, and put Jim on the track and football team. Jim was the best athlete on both teams. Carlisle's football team was one of the best teams at the time. For a summer vacation Jim went to North Carolina to play baseball for which he received $60, and this caused him problems later on. Jim Thorpe went to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. He won both the decathlon and pentathlon. King Gustav of Sweden called him the greatest athlete in the world.

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47. Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia thorpe played football for Canton from 1915 through 1920. in the Pro footballHall of Fame rotunda with the largerthan-life jim thorpe Statue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe

Jim Thorpe From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thorpe participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics This article refers to the football baseball player. To see the city in Pennsylvania see Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe Native American Wa-Tho-Huk May 28 March 28 ) is considered by many to be one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports . He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon , starred in college and professional football , and played Major League Baseball . He subsequently lost his Olympic titles for violating amateurism regulations. In , thirty years after his death, his medals were restored. Contents Early life A rising star An Olympic hero Declared a professional ... edit Early life Information of Thorpe's place of birth, date of birth and full name vary widely. What is known is that he was born in Indian Territory , but no birth certificate has been found. According to the findings of Bill Mallon (see references ), Thorpe was born on May 28 (other sources state 1888) on an Indian reservation near the town of Shawnee, Oklahoma

48. Jim Thorpe Award - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The jim thorpe Award, named in memory of multisport legend jim thorpe, has beenawarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_Award

Jim Thorpe Award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Jim Thorpe Award , named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe , has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since edit Previous winners Year Player School Thomas Everett Baylor (shared) Rickey Dixon Oklahoma Bennie Blades Miami ... College football awards: Best player awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy Maxwell Award Walter Camp Award Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Best Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Best Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Best C) Davey O'Brien Award (Best QB) Dick Butkus Award (Best LB) Doak Walker Award (Best RB) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Best WR) Jim Thorpe Award (Best DB) John Mackey Award (Best TE) Johnny Unitas Award (Best Senior QB) Lombardi Award (Best Lineman) Lou Groza Award (Best PK) Manning Award (Best QB) Outland Trophy (Best IOL or DL) Ray Guy Award (Best P) Ted Hendricks Award (Best DE) Coach of the Year Spirit Award NCFAA Contribution to College Football Award Walter Payton Award ... Buck Buchanan Award (Best Div. I-AA Def.) Harlon Hill Trophy Gagliardi Trophy Melberger Award (Div. III) Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_Award

49. JIM THORPE, THE "GREATEST" thorpe was a starter on the football team for the first time in 1908. In 1920Jim helped form the American Professional football Association (APFA). http://www.workersforjesus.com/thorpe.htm

JIM THORPE, THE "GREATEST" by Stan Griffin "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world!" These were the words of King Gustav V of Sweden as he participated in ceremonies at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He had just presented two gold medals to Jim Thorpe, an American Indian. Later, when American sportswriters were asked to select the best sports performers of the half-century (1900-1950), Jim Thorpe was chosen twice: first as top American football player and later as best male athlete. James Francis Thorpe was born on his father's farm in Indian Territory (soon to be the state of Oklahoma) on May 28, 1888. His mother was a granddaughter of Chief Black Hawk of the Chippewas. Jim (whose tribal name was Bright Path) was a member of the Sac and Fox tribe. (Once separate Indian nations, the two finally came to be classified as one tribe.) Thorpe attended Sac and Fox Reservation School from ages 5-10 and Haskell Institute for Indians in Kansas (ages 10-13). At the age of 16 he was sent to Carlisle Industrial School in Pennsylvania, the leading American school for Indian young people. Jim was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 185 pounds.

50. "the People's Paths Home Page!" - James Francis Thorpe (6) jim thorpe established his amateur football record playing halfback, defender, (7) jim thorpe was a founding father of professional football, http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/ThorpeAthleteOfTheCentury.htm

NLThomas James Francis Thorpe 'America's Athlete of the 20th Century!' 1912 Olympics Winner of 8 Medals (2 Gold, Track and Field) Source Dr. Ben Irvin Indian Education Forum August 5, 1999 ~ ORP/Pablo, Montana Jim Thorpe was designated the "Athlete of the Century" by both houses of Congress (May, 1999). These resolutions and the information should be shared with students. It would be appropriate to do a ceremony honoring this during American Indian Day in September. Deawga'wik, Ben Resolution submitted to Senate Senate Resolution 91 Bill Introduced To Name Jim Thorpe Athlete of the Century House Resolution 198 Separate Printable Versions: 1 2 3 4. from Congressional Record - Senate S4607 Resolution submitted to Senate Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise today to submit a resolution recognizing Jim Thorpe as the Athlete of the Century. Born to an impoverished family on Sac-and-Fox Indian land, Jim Thorpe overcame adverse circumstances to excel as an amateur and as a professional in three sports; track and field, football and baseball. Thorpe, who was voted 'Athlete of the First Half of the Century' by the Associated Press almost fifty years ago, is the only American athlete ever to excel at this level in three major sports. As a student at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, Thorpe proved his athletic ability early on. One anecdote recalls how the 5-foot-9 1/2 inch, 144-pound Thorpe almost single-handedly overcame the entire Lafayette track team at a meeting in Easton, Pennsylvania, winning six events. Also while attending the Carlisle Indian School, Jim Thorpe established his amateur football record playing halfback, defender, punter, and place-kicker. In 1911, he was named an All American. In 1912, he represented the United States and the Sac-and-Fox Nation in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. To this day, Thorpe is the only athlete to win gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon. After his Olympic feats in Sweden, Thorpe returned to Carlisle's football team and was named an All-American again.

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GoTigersGo.com WEB Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football ... ARCHIVES Wesley Smith Named to the Jim Thorpe Trophy Watch List Smith and USM's John Eubanks represent C-USA on prestigious list. Printer-Friendly Format E-mail this article Wesley Smith was named to the Jim Thorpe Trophy Watch List. Football Home HEADLINES Football to Welcome Those Displaced by Hurricane Katrina to UT-Chattanooga Game Football Photo Gallery vs. Ole Miss (Game Action) Tommy West Press Luncheon Quotes RELATED LINKS Follow all of the college football action at CollegeSports.com Email this to a friend June 29, 2005 MEMPHIS, TENN. - Memphis safety Wesley Smith amd Southern Miss cornerback John Eubanks were among 36 Division I defensive backs named to the Jim Thorpe Trophy Watch List, in an announcement made by the Thorpe association on Wednesday. The Thorpe Award, presented annually to the nation's best college defensive back, is one of college football's most sought after and prestigious awards. Eubanks had his best year defensively as a junior in 2004, posting career-highs in several categories, including total tackles with 47 (31 solos, 16 assists), three interceptions and nine deflected passes. For his efforts, Eubanks earned first-team All-Conference USA honors. The Mound Bayou, Miss., native is the fifth Golden Eagle to be named to the Thorpe Watch List in school history. The rising senior was also named to the Bronko Nagurski Watch List earlier this week, which is awarded to the nation's best overall defensive player.

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Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe was a great Native American athlete. He was an Olympic champion, and also played football and baseball. Thorpe was born near Shawnee, Oklahoma on May 22, 1887. He went to school at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. (My great-great-great auntie went to school with Jim Thorpe, and my grandpa went to school with his son Richard Thorpe). Jim helped make football a popular sport in the United States. Standing 6 feet, one inch tall and weighing 190 pounds, he was an outstanding kicker, tackler, and halfback. He was the first president of what is now known as the National Football League (NFL). In 1950, Jim was declared the best football player of the half-century. When Thorpe was on the boat to Stockholm for the 1912 Olympics with all of the other competitors for the Olympics, most jogged around the boat decks and lifted weights, but one of them didn't- his name was Jim Thorpe. One afternoon, Jim discovered a hammock. For all eleven days that the others trained, Thorpe just laid in the hammock dozing. The trainer was very, very angry, but the manager disagreed. Jim practiced mentally and was a fast learner. At the Olympics, Jim entered the Pentathlon. This sport is a series of five events. Thorpe came out representing America, but he competed for himself. He finished third in the javelin throw but won all four events. He won his first gold medal easily.

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55. JIM THORPE, PENNSYLVANIA BIOGRAPHIES jim thorpe was born in Indian Territory that is now Oklahoma in 1888 with the name thorpe went on to play both professional baseball and football. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4547/thorpe.html

Back To INDEX Back To PENNSYLVANIA BIOGRAPHY PENNSYLVANIA EVENTS PENNSYLVANIA TRIVIA and FUN FACTS Other Pennsylvania-related Sites: OFFICIAL PENNSYLVANIA STATE PAGE PENNSYLVANIA INTERNET DESTINATION OF THE DAY VISIT PA PENNSYLVANIA STATE PARKS ... PENNSYLVANIA TRAVEL COUNCIL You are the vistor. Please contact Webmaster with any invalid links or other problems. JIM THORPE The Greatest Athlete in the World Track, football, baseball - and the Olympic Games. All were conquered by this Indian descendant. Jim Thorpe was born in Indian Territory that is now Oklahoma in 1888 with the name Wa-tho-huck, which means Bright Path. He was part Sac and Fox indian, with some French and Irish also. In 1904 he enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It was here that his athletic abilities were developed. He became a star on the school's track and football teams. He was named to the All-American Football Team twice, but his greatest achievements came during the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. At the Olympics, he won two gold medals, in the most physically demanding events there were - the five-event Pentathlon and the ten-event Decathlon. He not only won these events, but his performance caused King Gustav V of Sweden to say to him, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."

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Jim Thorpe named SportsCentury athlete No. 7 Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo By Ron Flatter Special to ESPN.com Didn't we hear about Jim Thorpe from our dad or granddad? We certainly never saw him in person. But we sure knew the legend. He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played minor league baseball. Long before Bo and Deion, he was the athlete who played pro baseball and football at the same time. Jim Thorpe was an all-American in college as a four-position player. He was voted "The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century" by the Associated Press and became a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But Thorpe's legend was galvanized into America's conscience at the 1912 Olympics. He won the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm. When King Gustav V of Sweden congratulated Thorpe, he said, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." Thorpe reputedly replied, "Thanks, king." He returned home a star. Thorpe's name was so big, he received that most American of honors a ticker-tape parade in New York City. "I heard people yelling my name," he said, "and I couldn't realize how one fellow could have so many friends." Later that year, Thorpe scored 25 touchdowns and 198 points to lead an outstanding Carlisle Indian School team. That launched him toward a pro football career, highlighted in 1920 when he helped found the American Professional Football Association, which would evolve into the National Football League.

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ESPN Network: ESPN.com NBA.com NHL.com WNBA.com ... Other sports ALSO SEE More on Jim Thorpe Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo By Ron Flatter Special to ESPN.com "[Jim] Thorpe was early 20th century when sportswriting was mythologizing, so it becomes hard to tell what's real and what's myth. He's kind of half a modern sports figure, and half a kind of Paul Bunyan, American mythic figure. The appeal is the idea of the kind of frontier, superhuman, natural man," says author Nick Lemann on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Jim Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics. Didn't we hear about Jim Thorpe from our dad or granddad? We certainly never saw him in person. But we sure knew the legend. He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played minor league baseball. Long before Bo and Deion, he was the athlete who played pro baseball and football at the same time. He was voted "The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century" by the Associated Press and became a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But Thorpe's legend was galvanized into America's conscience at the 1912 Olympics, when he won the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm. At the awards ceremony, King Gustav V of Sweden congratulated him: "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."

58. Sports 2000 Numbers - Century's Greatest Athletes: No. 3, Jim Thorpe Historian Robert Smith on thorpe, the twoway football star jim was unmatchedin speed and strength. He could either run right over a tackler, http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/173540.html

sports 2000 archives sports history expert ... the vault Century's Greatest Athletes: No. 3, Jim Thorpe AUGUST 11, 1999 by DAVE KINDRED The Sporting News Jim Thorpe is No. 3 on my list of the century's Five Greatest Athletes. The Sac and Fox Indian left the Oklahoma plains in 1907 and became an All-American running back, an Olympic champion of mythic proportions, a star/president of the NFL and, in his spare time, a major league baseball player for parts of six seasons. Thorpe sailed from New York to Stockholm in 1912 aboard the ocean liner Finland . As other American Olympians trained on a cork track laid on a deck, Thorpe sat by in silence. A New York sportswriter named Francis Albertani asked, "What are you doing, Jim? Thinking of your Uncle Sitting Bull?" "No," Thorpe said, "I'm practicing the broad jump. I've just jumped 23 feet eight inches. I think that can win it." At five inches less, Thorpe, who preferred visualization to actual workouts, did in fact win the broad jump event in the Olympic decathlon; he also won three other of the 10 decathlon events en route to the gold medal. He won four of five pentathlon events to earn a second gold. On shaking Thorpe's hand in congratulations, King Gustav V of Sweden said, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." The wonder is, the king had seen only a fraction of Thorpe's athletic ability.

59. Wheaties To Honor Sac And Fox Indian Jim Thorpe On Box Olympic champion jim thorpe played in a semipro baseball game in a ballpark on the thorpe played football professionally well past his prime, http://www.aipc.osmre.gov/Notes from Native America/8_2001.htm

Wheaties to Honor Sac and Fox Indian Jim Thorpe on Box Associated Press Published Nov 20 2001 JIM THORPE, Pa. (AP) Jim Thorpe, the American Indian once called " the world' s greatest athlete, " will soon grace the cover of a Wheaties box. Grace Thorpe, his 80-year-old daughter, and Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker unveiled the box design at a ceremony Tuesday at Jim Thorpe High School. Thorpe died in 1953. Thorpe never lived in the Carbon County town that bears his name, but he did attend the Carlisle Indian School of Pennsylvania, where his prowess on the gridiron catapulted the school to victories over the likes of Pitt, Army and Penn State. Thorpe is known for winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. After winning his second gold medal, Sweden' s King Gustav V shook his hand and said, " Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world!" " Thanks, King, " he replied. Thorpe also played professional baseball with the New York Giants and the Boston Braves. Burt Lancaster played the lead role in the 1951 movie about his life, titled " Jim Thorpe, All American."

60. History Of Jim Thorpe jim thorpe returned to Carlisle Indian School to play football for the Meanwhile, thorpe managed to lead the Canton Bulldogs football team to http://www.jimthorpe.org/history.html

Jim Thorpe Area Chamber of Commerce PO Box 164 Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 Up and Coming Festivals Oct. 15 - 16, 2005 A True Tale of Two Cities: The historical town of Jim Thorpe (formerly known as Mauch Chunk which means "Mountain of the Sleeping Bear," the name the Leni Lenape Indians gave to the nearby mountain) is a blend of Victorian architecture and unique businesses, a graceful blend of yesterday with today. The scenery is breathtaking as the mountains present a new face every season, continually surrounding this Victorian town in a mantle of beauty. The Beginning: The Switchback Gravity Railroad: Beginning in 1828, the Switchback Gravity Railroad was built and is reported to have been the second railroad in the United States. Originally operated by gravity and mule power, and later converted to steam, it brought coal mined in nearby Summit Hill to the Lehigh Canal in Mauch Chunk. English, Welsh, and Irish immigrants were attracted to the area as building and business boomed. Prosperity Abounds: Architecture became a symbol of wealth when construction boomed from 1850 through the 1890s. Asa Packer and other wealthy industrialists built mountainside mansions and prestigious churches, which still remain today. The unusual combination of architecture includes Romanesque, Eastlake, Gothic Revival, and Italianate styles. It has been said that at that time, more millionaires per capita lived in Mauch Chunk than in any other town in America. Many of these millionaires are said to have resided in a row of elegant homes known as "Millionaires Row", which may still be seen along Broadway.

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