We explore the awe-inspiring journey of Jim Thorpe, hailed as the greatest athlete ever. From his humble beginnings at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School to his groundbreaking achievements in ...

Jim Thorpe 1912 Olympics, revisited Thorpe was born in the late 1880s on the Sac and Fox reservation near present-day Prague, Oklahoma. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he was also known as ...

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A Pennsylvania community changed its name to Jim Thorpe, after the Olympic champion and Native American icon who is considered the greatest athlete in U.S. history, even though he'd never set foot ...

Avery Brundage, a dominating leader of American Olympic sports through the mid-20th century and the IOC’s president for 20 years, strongly opposed returning Thorpe’s gold medals.

In 1999 both houses of Congress honored Jim Thorpe by designating him as the Athlete of the Century, and in 2000 ABC’s Wide World of Sports honored him as their Athlete of the Century.

A 2005 Donruss Greats Souvenirs Jerseys Jim Thorpe #S-1 BGS 9 MINT sports card is currently available on the secondary market for a list price of $3,770. Jim ...

Sports Legend Jim Thorpe Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals: 'Long Past Time' Jim Thorpe, a Native American athlete, was stripped of his medals a year after the 1912 Olympics ...

Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in history and the victim of what many considered a century-old Olympic injustice, has been restored as the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at ...

Jim Thorpe was reinstated Friday as the winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm, more than a century after he was stripped of his gold medals for violating amateur sports ...

This story is adapted from “Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe,” which will be published Aug. 9. For 20 long years after Jim Thorpe signed a contract with Hollywood, the sporting ...

Jim Thorpe won two Gold Medals for the Pentathlon and Decathlon, setting world records at both events at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Topical Press Agency / Getty Images ...