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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Olympic awards reinstated</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_awards_reinstated-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jim_Thorpe_Marathon" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jim_Thorpe_Marathon"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8" title="جيم ثورب – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جيم ثورب" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cim_Torp" title="Cim Torp – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Cim Torp" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%BE" title="جیم تورپ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="جیم تورپ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA" title="জিম থর্প – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জিম থর্প" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF" title="Джим Торп – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Джим Торп" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF" title="Джым Торп – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джым Торп" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF" title="Джим Торп – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Джим Торп" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%BE" title="جیم تورپ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جیم تورپ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%90_%EC%86%8C%ED%94%84" title="짐 소프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="짐 소프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%AB%D5%B4_%D4%B9%D5%B8%D6%80%D6%83" title="Ջիմ Թորփ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ջիմ Թորփ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%AA%27%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A4" title="ג'ים ת'ורפ – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ג'ים ת'ורפ" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEims_Torps" title="Džims Torps – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džims Torps" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jim Thorpe" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF" 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He is a Native American man with a Western haircut and wearing a dark suit." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Jim_Thorpe_1913b-cr.jpg/220px-Jim_Thorpe_1913b-cr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Jim_Thorpe_1913b-cr.jpg/330px-Jim_Thorpe_1913b-cr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Jim_Thorpe_1913b-cr.jpg/440px-Jim_Thorpe_1913b-cr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="549" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Thorpe in 1913</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James Francis Thorpe</div><br />May 22 or 28, 1887<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Near <a href="/wiki/Prague,_Oklahoma" title="Prague, Oklahoma">Prague, Oklahoma</a>, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 28, 1953<span style="display:none">(1953-03-28)</span> (aged 65)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Lomita,_California" title="Lomita, California">Lomita, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Sac_and_Fox_Nation" title="Sac and Fox Nation">Sac and Fox Nation</a>, American</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American football player</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><hr /><b>American football career</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Thorpe wearing his Canton Bulldogs football jersey." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg/200px-Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg/300px-Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg/400px-Jim_Thorpe_Canton_Bulldogs_1915-20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1545" data-file-height="2723" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Thorpe with the Canton Bulldogs, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1915</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1920</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 2, 21, 3</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halfback_(American_football)" title="Halfback (American football)">Tailback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">202 lb (92 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School" title="Carlisle Indian Industrial School">Carlisle Indian Industrial</a> (<a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle, Pennsylvania</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indians_football" title="Carlisle Indians football">Carlisle</a> (1907–1908, 1911–1912)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">As a player:</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a> (1915–1917, 1919–<a href="/wiki/1920_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 NFL season">1920</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Tigers_(NFL)" title="Cleveland Tigers (NFL)">Cleveland Indians</a> (<a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL season">1921</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oorang_Indians" title="Oorang Indians">Oorang Indians</a> (<a href="/wiki/1922_NFL_season" title="1922 NFL season">1922</a>–<a href="/wiki/1923_NFL_season" title="1923 NFL season">1923</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_Independents" title="Rock Island Independents">Rock Island Independents</a> (<a href="/wiki/1924_NFL_season" title="1924 NFL season">1924</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants" title="New York Giants">New York Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1925_NFL_season" title="1925 NFL season">1925</a>)</li> <li>Rock Island Independents (1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Cardinals" title="Tampa Cardinals">Tampa Cardinals</a> (1926)</li> <li>Canton Bulldogs (<a href="/wiki/1926_NFL_season" title="1926 NFL season">1926</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cardinals" title="Chicago Cardinals">Chicago Cardinals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1928_NFL_season" title="1928 NFL season">1928</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">As a coach:</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_football" title="Indiana Hoosiers football">Indiana</a> (1915) <br /> Assistant coach<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a> (1915–1920) <br /> Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Tigers_(NFL)" title="Cleveland Tigers (NFL)">Cleveland Indians</a> (<a href="/wiki/1921_NFL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1921 NFL season">1921</a>) <br /> Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oorang_Indians" title="Oorang Indians">Oorang Indians</a> (<a href="/wiki/1922_NFL_season" title="1922 NFL season">1922</a>–<a href="/wiki/1923_NFL_season" title="1923 NFL season">1923</a>) <br /> Head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Cardinals" title="Tampa Cardinals">Tampa Cardinals</a> (1926) <br /> Head coach</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">As a staff member / executive:</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>Oorang Indians (1922–1923) <br /> General manager</li> <li>Tampa Cardinals (1926) <br /> Owner & general manager</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <dl><dt>As a player</dt></dl> <ul><li>3× <a href="/wiki/Ohio_League" title="Ohio League">Ohio League</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1916_Canton_Bulldogs_season" title="1916 Canton Bulldogs season">1916</a>, <a href="/wiki/1917_Canton_Bulldogs_season" title="1917 Canton Bulldogs season">1917</a>, <a href="/wiki/1919_Canton_Bulldogs_season" title="1919 Canton Bulldogs season">1919</a>)</li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1923_All-Pro_Team" title="1923 All-Pro Team">1923</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_1920s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team">NFL 1920s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_50th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li>2× Consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1911_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1911 College Football All-America Team">1911</a>, <a href="/wiki/1912_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1912 College Football All-America Team">1912</a>)</li> <li>Third-team All-American (<a href="/wiki/1908_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1908 College Football All-America Team">1908</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>As a coach</dt></dl> <ul><li>3× Ohio League champion (<a href="/wiki/1916_Canton_Bulldogs_season" title="1916 Canton Bulldogs season">1916</a>, <a href="/wiki/1917_Canton_Bulldogs_season" title="1917 Canton Bulldogs season">1917</a>, <a href="/wiki/1919_Canton_Bulldogs_season" title="1919 Canton Bulldogs season">1919</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games played:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">52</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games started:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">37</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Field goals:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Longest field goal:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">47</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing touchdowns:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Points scored:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">51</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/ThorJi20.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Career:</th><td class="infobox-data">NFL: 14–25–2 (.366) <br /> Ohio League: 32–3–2 (.892) <br /> Overall: 46–28–4 (.615)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/ThorJi0.htm">Coaching record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at Pro Football Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.profootballhof.com/players/jim-thorpe">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1264">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Baseball player</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334398">.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio{border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio td,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio th{border:1px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio .borderless td,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio .borderless th{border:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio .infobox-below{background-color:#eee}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows{display:flex;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows>div{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows div:first-child{border-right:1px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background-color:#9A1C1F}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header a,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member>th>a{color:white}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-former .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-teams .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-highlights .infobox-full-data{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-module{width:100%;background-color:var(--background-color-base,#f9f9f9)}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member-header{background:#3d0001}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-baseball-bio-member[style*="background"]{background:#0c0a6b!important}}</style><hr /><b>Baseball career</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Headshot of Thorpe grinning wearing his New York Giants jersey and cap." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg/200px-Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg/300px-Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg/400px-Jim_Thorpe_Giants.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="723" data-file-height="1032" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Thorpe with the New York Giants</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">Outfielder</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 14, 1913, for the New York Giants</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 25, 1919, for the Boston Braves</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.252</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">82</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hits</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">176</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thorpji01.shtml">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Reference" title="Baseball Reference">Baseball Reference</a></b> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221482#P1825" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1913_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1913 Major League Baseball season">1913</a>–<a href="/wiki/1915_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1915 Major League Baseball season">1915</a>, <a href="/wiki/1917_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1917 Major League Baseball season">1917</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> (<a href="/wiki/1917_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1917 Major League Baseball season">1917</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1918_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1918 Major League Baseball season">1918</a>–<a href="/wiki/1919_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1919 Major League Baseball season">1919</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> (<a href="/wiki/1919_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1919 Major League Baseball season">1919</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_NFL" title="Commissioner of the NFL">President of the NFL</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1920–1921</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Hay" title="Ralph Hay">Ralph Hay</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Joseph Carr</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background-color:#ccc;color:inherit;">Olympic medal record </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;"><span class="nowrap"> Men's athletics</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name">the <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_athletics_team" class="mw-redirect" title="United States national athletics team">United States</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Stockholm</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">Decathlon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Stockholm</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_pentathlon" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon">Pentathlon</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Francis Thorpe</b> (<a href="/wiki/Meskwaki_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Meskwaki language">Meskwaki</a>: <i lang="sac">Wa-Tho-Huk</i>, May 22 or 28,<sup id="cite_ref-museum_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A citizen of the <a href="/wiki/Sac_and_Fox_Nation" title="Sac and Fox Nation">Sac and Fox Nation</a>, Thorpe was the first <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the <a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Summer Olympics</a> (one in <a href="/wiki/Pentathlon#Athletics_pentathlons" title="Pentathlon">classic pentathlon</a> and the other in <a href="/wiki/Decathlon" title="Decathlon">decathlon</a>). He also played <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and professional basketball. </p><p>He <a href="/wiki/List_of_stripped_Olympic_medals" title="List of stripped Olympic medals">lost his Olympic titles</a> after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the contemporary <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games#Amateurism_and_professionalism" title="Olympic Games">amateurism</a> rules. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC) restored his Olympic medals with replicas, after ruling that the decision to strip him of his medals fell <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">outside of the required 30 days</a>. Official IOC records still listed Thorpe as co-champion in decathlon and pentathlon until 2022, when it was decided to restore him as the sole champion in both events. </p><p>Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Territory" title="Indian Territory">Indian Territory</a> (what is now the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>). As a youth, he attended <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School" title="Carlisle Indian Industrial School">Carlisle Indian Industrial School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle, Pennsylvania</a>, where he was a two-time <a href="/wiki/All-America" title="All-America">All-American</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indians_football" title="Carlisle Indians football">school's football team</a> under coach <a href="/wiki/Pop_Warner" title="Pop Warner">Pop Warner</a>. After his Olympic success in 1912, which included a record score in the decathlon, he added a victory in the All-Around Championship of the <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">Amateur Athletic Union</a>. Later in 1913, Thorpe signed with the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">New York Giants</a>, and he played six seasons in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> between 1913 and 1919. Thorpe joined the <a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a> American football team in 1915, helping them win three professional championships. He later played for six teams in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL). He played as part of several all-American Indian teams throughout his career, and <a href="/wiki/Barnstorming_(sports)" title="Barnstorming (sports)">barnstormed</a> as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians. </p><p>From 1920 to 1921, Thorpe was nominally the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_Commissioner#Jim_Thorpe_(1920–1921)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the NFL Commissioner">first president</a> of the American Professional Football Association, which became the NFL in 1922. He played professional sports until age 41, the end of his sports career coinciding with the start of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. He struggled to earn a living after that, working several odd jobs. He suffered from <a href="/wiki/Alcoholism" title="Alcoholism">alcoholism</a>, and lived his last years in failing health and poverty. He was married three times and had eight children, including <a href="/wiki/Grace_Thorpe" title="Grace Thorpe">Grace Thorpe</a>, an environmentalist and Native rights activist, before suffering from heart failure and dying in 1953. </p><p>Thorpe has received numerous accolades for his athletic accomplishments. The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> ranked him as the "greatest athlete" from the first 50 years of the 20th century, and the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> inducted him as part of its inaugural class in 1963. The town of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" title="Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania">Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania</a>, was named in his honor. It has a monument site that contains his remains, which were the subject of legal action. Thorpe appeared in several films and was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Burt_Lancaster" title="Burt Lancaster">Burt Lancaster</a> in the 1951 film <i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_%E2%80%93_All-American" title="Jim Thorpe – All-American">Jim Thorpe – All-American</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Information about Thorpe's birth, name and ethnic background varies widely.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004129_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004129-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was baptized "Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe" in the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. Thorpe was born in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Territory" title="Indian Territory">Indian Territory</a> of the United States (later <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>), but no <a href="/wiki/Birth_certificate" title="Birth certificate">birth certificate</a> has been found.<sup id="cite_ref-BD_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Jim Thorpe Museum lists his birth date as May 28, 1887,<sup id="cite_ref-museum_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>; however, others have listed it as May 22, 1887,<sup id="cite_ref-BD_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BD-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near the town of <a href="/wiki/Prague,_Oklahoma" title="Prague, Oklahoma">Prague</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe said in a note to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shawnee_News-Star" title="The Shawnee News-Star">The Shawnee News-Star</a></i> in 1943 that he was born May 28, 1888, "near and south of <a href="/wiki/Bellemont,_Oklahoma" title="Bellemont, Oklahoma">Bellemont</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie_County,_Oklahoma" title="Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma">Pottawatomie County</a> – along the banks of the North Fork River ... hope this will clear up the inquiries as to my birthplace."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979291_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979291-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> May 22, 1887, is listed on his <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptismal certificate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe referred to <a href="/wiki/Shawnee,_Oklahoma" title="Shawnee, Oklahoma">Shawnee</a> as his birthplace in his 1943 note to the newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979291_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979291-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe's father, Hiram Thorpe (<a href="/wiki/Sac_and_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="Sac and Fox">Sac and Fox</a>), had an Irish father and a Sac and Fox mother.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Charlotte Vieux, was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Citizen_Potawatomi_Nation" title="Citizen Potawatomi Nation">Citizen Potawatomi Nation</a> members Elizabeth and Jacob Vieux,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a descendant of Chief Louis Vieux.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe was raised in the Sauk, or <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A2k%C3%AEwaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Thâkîwaki">Thâkîwaki</a>, culture,<sup id="cite_ref-ohs_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohs-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his <a href="/wiki/Sauk_language" title="Sauk language">Sauk</a> name was Wa-Tho-Huk, which translates as "Bright path the lightning makes as it goes across the sky",<sup id="cite_ref-museum_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often shortened to "Bright Path".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004129_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004129-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe's parents were both Roman Catholic, a faith which Thorpe observed throughout his adult life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004131_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004131-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe attended the Sac and Fox Indian Agency School in <a href="/wiki/Stroud,_Oklahoma" title="Stroud, Oklahoma">Stroud</a>, with his twin brother, Charlie. Charlie helped him through school until he died of <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> when they were nine years old.<sup id="cite_ref-museum_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cgm_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgm-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe <a href="/wiki/Truancy" title="Truancy">ran away</a> from school several times. His father sent him to the <a href="/wiki/Haskell_Indian_Nations_University" title="Haskell Indian Nations University">Haskell Institute</a>, an <a href="/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools" title="American Indian boarding schools">Indian boarding school</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence, Kansas</a>, so that he would not run away again.<sup id="cite_ref-Oly30_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oly30-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Thorpe's mother died of childbirth complications two years later,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoxie1996628_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoxie1996628-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became depressed. After several arguments with his father, he left home to work on a horse ranch.<sup id="cite_ref-Oly30_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oly30-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1904, the 16-year-old Thorpe returned to his father and decided to attend <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School" title="Carlisle Indian Industrial School">Carlisle Indian Industrial School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania" title="Carlisle, Pennsylvania">Carlisle, Pennsylvania</a>. There his athletic ability was recognized and he was coached by <a href="/wiki/Pop_Warner" title="Pop Warner">Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner</a>, one of the most influential coaches of early American football history.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year he was orphaned when his father Hiram Thorpe died from <a href="/wiki/Gangrene" title="Gangrene">gangrene</a> poisoning, after being wounded in a hunting accident.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoxie1996628_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoxie1996628-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The young Thorpe again dropped out of school. He resumed farm work for a few years before returning to Carlisle School.<sup id="cite_ref-Oly30_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oly30-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amateur_career">Amateur career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Amateur career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_career">College career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Closeup of Thorpe looking up to the sky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg/220px-Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg/330px-Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg/440px-Jim_Thorpe_1912.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1520" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Thorpe in 1912</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glenn_Warner,_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Glenn_Warner%2C_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg/220px-Glenn_Warner%2C_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Glenn_Warner%2C_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg/330px-Glenn_Warner%2C_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Glenn_Warner%2C_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg/440px-Glenn_Warner%2C_Jim_Thorpe_tackling_a_dummy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="482" /></a><figcaption>Thorpe tackling a dummy that is made of weights and pulley on wire, with Coach Warner, 1912</figcaption></figure> <p>Thorpe began his athletic career at Carlisle in 1907 when he walked past the track and, still in street clothes, beat all the school's <a href="/wiki/High_jump" title="High jump">high jumpers</a> with an impromptu 5-ft 9-in jump.<sup id="cite_ref-bookrag_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bookrag-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His earliest recorded track and field results come from 1907. He also competed in football, baseball, <a href="/wiki/Field_lacrosse" title="Field lacrosse">lacrosse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ballroom_dancing" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballroom dancing">ballroom dancing</a>, winning the 1912 intercollegiate ballroom dancing championship.<sup id="cite_ref-museum_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SI2004_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI2004-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Scobey_Warner" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenn Scobey Warner">Pop Warner</a> was hesitant to allow Thorpe, his best track and field athlete, to compete in such a physical game as football.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe, however, convinced Warner to let him try some rushing plays in practice against the school team's defense; Warner assumed he would be tackled easily and give up the idea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe "ran around past and through them not once, but twice".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He walked over to Warner and said, "Nobody is going to tackle Jim", while flipping him the ball.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe first gained nationwide notice in 1911 for his athletic ability.<sup id="cite_ref-Redskin_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redskin-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a>, <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive back</a>, <a href="/wiki/Placekicker" title="Placekicker">placekicker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punter_(football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punter (football position)">punter</a>, Thorpe scored all of his team's four field goals in an 18–15 upset of <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Crimson_football" title="Harvard Crimson football">Harvard</a>, a top-ranked team in the early days of the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association#History" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200660-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NCAAHarvard_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCAAHarvard-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His team finished the season 11–1. In 1912, Carlisle won the national collegiate championship largely as a result of Thorpe's efforts: he scored 25 <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdowns</a> and 198 points during the season, according to <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>'s Greg Botelho.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steve Boda, a researcher for the NCAA, credits Thorpe with 27 touchdowns and 224 points. Thorpe rushed 191 times for 1,869 yards, according to Boda; the figures do not include statistics from two of Carlisle's 14 games in 1912 because full records are not available.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012151_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012151-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carlisle's 1912 record included a 27–6 victory over the West Point <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">Army team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that game, Thorpe's 92-yard touchdown was nullified by a teammate's penalty, but on the next play Thorpe rushed for a 97-yard touchdown.<sup id="cite_ref-usoc_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usoc-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Future President <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, who played against him in that game, recalled of Thorpe in a 1961 speech: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed. My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>Thorpe was a third-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> in 1908<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECook201142_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECook201142-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a first-team All-American in 1911 and 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Football was – and remained – Thorpe's favorite sport.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not compete in track and field in 1910 or 1911,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012113_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012113-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although this turned out to be the sport in which he gained his greatest fame.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>In the spring of 1912, he started training for the Olympics. He had confined his efforts to jumps, hurdles and shot-puts, but now added pole vaulting, javelin, discus, hammer and 56 lb weight. In the Olympic trials held at Celtic Park in New York, his all-round ability stood out in all these events and so he earned a place on the team that went to Sweden.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> The poet <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Moore" title="Marianne Moore">Marianne Moore</a>, who taught Thorpe at Carlisle, recalled:</p><blockquote><p> He had a kind of ease in his gait that is hard to describe. Equilibrium with no stricture, but couched in the lineup of football he was the epitome of concentration, wary, with an effect of plenty in reserve.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMaraniss2022147_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMaraniss2022147-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_career">Olympic career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Olympic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Summer Olympics</a> in Stockholm, Sweden, two new multi-event disciplines were included, the <a href="/wiki/Pentathlon" title="Pentathlon">pentathlon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Decathlon" title="Decathlon">decathlon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012112_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012112-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A pentathlon, based on the ancient Greek event, had been introduced at the <a href="/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games" title="1906 Intercalated Games">1906 Intercalated Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZarnowski2013150_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZarnowski2013150-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1912 version consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Long_jump" title="Long jump">long jump</a>, <a href="/wiki/Javelin_throw" title="Javelin throw">javelin throw</a>, 200-meter dash, <a href="/wiki/Discus_throw" title="Discus throw">discus throw</a>, and 1500-meter run.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012112_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012112-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decathlon was a relatively new event in modern athletics, although a similar competition known as the all-around championship had been part of American track meets since the 1880s. A <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_all-around" title="Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's all-around">men's version</a> had been featured on the program of the <a href="/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics" title="1904 Summer Olympics">1904 St. Louis Olympics</a>. The events of the new decathlon differed slightly from the American version.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZarnowski200529–30,_240_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZarnowski200529–30,_240-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe was so versatile that he served as Carlisle's one-man team in several track meets.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to his obituary in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, he could run the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat; the 220 in 21.8 seconds; the 440 in 51.8 seconds; the 880 in 1:57, the mile in 4:35; the 120-yard high hurdles in 15 seconds; and the 220-yard low hurdles in 24 seconds.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He could long jump 23 ft 6 in and high-jump 6 ft 5 in.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He could <a href="/wiki/Pole_vault" title="Pole vault">pole vault</a> 11 feet; <a href="/wiki/Shot_put" title="Shot put">put the shot</a> 47 ft 9 in; <a href="/wiki/Javelin_throw" title="Javelin throw">throw the javelin</a> 163 feet; and throw the <a href="/wiki/Discus_throw" title="Discus throw">discus</a> 136 feet.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe entered the U.S. Olympic trials for both the pentathlon and the decathlon. He easily earned a place on the pentathlon team, winning three events. The decathlon trial was subsequently cancelled, and Thorpe was chosen to represent the U.S. in the event.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012114_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012114-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pentathlon and decathlon teams also included <a href="/wiki/Avery_Brundage" title="Avery Brundage">Avery Brundage</a>, a future <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> president.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFindlingPelle2004473–474_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFindlingPelle2004473–474-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe was extremely busy in the Olympics. Along with the decathlon and pentathlon, he competed in the long jump and high jump.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first competition was the pentathlon on July 7.<sup id="cite_ref-sr_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won four of the five events and placed third in the javelin,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012127–128_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012127–128-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an event he had not competed in before 1912.<sup id="cite_ref-recognized_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-recognized-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the pentathlon was primarily decided on place points, points were also earned for the marks achieved in the individual events. Thorpe won the gold medal.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same day, he qualified for the high jump final, in which he finished in a tie for fourth. On July 12, Thorpe placed seventh in the long jump.<sup id="cite_ref-sr_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe's final event was the decathlon, his first (and as it turned out, his only) decathlon.<sup id="cite_ref-sr_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sr-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Strong competition from local favorite <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Wieslander" title="Hugo Wieslander">Hugo Wieslander</a> was expected.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe, however, defeated Wieslander by 688 points.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012130_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012130-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He placed in the top four in all ten events, and his Olympic record of 8,413 points stood for nearly two decades.<sup id="cite_ref-bookrag_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bookrag-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even more remarkably, because someone had stolen his shoes just before he was due to compete, he found a mismatched pair of replacements, including one from a trash can, and won the gold medal wearing them.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodge2013145_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodge2013145-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, Thorpe won eight of the 15 individual events comprising the pentathlon and decathlon.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As was the custom of the day, the medals were presented to the athletes during the closing ceremonies of the games. Along with the two gold medals, Thorpe also received two challenge prizes, which had been donated by King <a href="/wiki/Gustaf_V" title="Gustaf V">Gustav V of Sweden</a> for the decathlon and Czar <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Nicholas II of Russia</a> for the pentathlon. Several sources recount that, when awarding Thorpe his prize, King Gustav said, "You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world", to which Thorpe replied, "Thanks, King".<sup id="cite_ref-Flatter_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flatter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe biographer Kate Buford suggests that the story is <a href="/wiki/Apocrypha#Metaphorical_usage" title="Apocrypha">apocryphal</a>, as she believes that such a comment "would have been out of character for a man who was highly uncomfortable in public ceremonies and hated to stand out."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012131_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012131-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The anecdote appeared in newspapers by 1948, 36 years after his appearance in the Olympics and time for myth making,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in books as early as 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe's successes were followed in the United States. On the Olympic team's return, Thorpe was the star attraction in a <a href="/wiki/Ticker-tape_parade" title="Ticker-tape parade">ticker-tape parade</a> on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(Manhattan)" title="Broadway (Manhattan)">Broadway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flatter_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flatter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remembered later, "I heard people yelling my name, and I couldn't realize how one fellow could have so many friends."<sup id="cite_ref-Flatter_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flatter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from his track and field appearances, Thorpe also played in one of two exhibition <a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics">baseball games at the 1912 Olympics</a>, which featured two teams composed mostly of U.S. track and field athletes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECava19928–9_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECava19928–9-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe had previous experience in the sport, as the public soon learned.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012158–161_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012158–161-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 281.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 279.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif" class="mw-file-description" title="Thorpe shaking hands with Moses Friedman while Glenn "Pop" Warner (left), Lewis Tewanima (center), and a crowd look on"><img alt="Refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif/lossy-page1-419px-Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif/lossy-page1-628px-Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif/lossy-page1-837px-Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_with_Admirers_-_NARA_-_595392.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2151" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thorpe shaking hands with <a href="/wiki/Moses_Friedman" title="Moses Friedman">Moses Friedman</a> while <a href="/wiki/Pop_Warner" title="Pop Warner">Glenn "Pop" Warner</a> (left), <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Tewanima" title="Lewis Tewanima">Lewis Tewanima</a> (center), and a crowd look on</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 105.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 103.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thorpe in Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform, c. 1909"><img alt="Refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Jim_Thorpe.jpg/155px-Jim_Thorpe.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Jim_Thorpe.jpg/233px-Jim_Thorpe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Jim_Thorpe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="580" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thorpe in <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School" title="Carlisle Indian Industrial School">Carlisle Indian Industrial School</a> uniform, c. 1909</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thorpe, c. 1910"><img alt="Thorpe crouching and looking to the right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg/201px-Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg" decoding="async" width="134" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg/301px-Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg/401px-Photograph_of_Jim_Thorpe_-_NARA_-_595347.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2008" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thorpe, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1910</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 132px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 130px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe,_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thorpe at the 1912 Summer Olympics"><img alt="Thorpe standing, wearing a United States Olympic jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jim_Thorpe%2C_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg/195px-Jim_Thorpe%2C_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jim_Thorpe%2C_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg/292px-Jim_Thorpe%2C_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jim_Thorpe%2C_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg/390px-Jim_Thorpe%2C_1912_Summer_Olympics.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1581" data-file-height="2433" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Thorpe at the <a href="/wiki/1912_Summer_Olympics" title="1912 Summer Olympics">1912 Summer Olympics</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-Around_champion">All-Around champion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: All-Around champion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his victories at the Olympic Games in Sweden, on September 2, 1912, Thorpe returned to Celtic Park, the home of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_American_Athletic_Club" title="Irish American Athletic Club">Irish American Athletic Club</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a>, New York (where he had qualified four months earlier for the Olympic Games), to compete in the <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">Amateur Athletic Union</a>'s All-Around Championship. Competing against <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Brodd" title="Bruno Brodd">Bruno Brodd</a> of the Irish American Athletic Club and <a href="/wiki/John_L._Bredemus" title="John L. Bredemus">John L. Bredemus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>, he won seven of the ten events contested and came in second in the remaining three. With a total point score of 7,476 points, Thorpe broke the previous record of 7,385 points set in 1909 (also at Celtic Park), by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Sheridan" title="Martin Sheridan">Martin Sheridan</a>, the champion athlete of the Irish American Athletic Club.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheridan, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, was present to watch his record broken. He approached Thorpe after the event and shook his hand saying, "Jim, my boy, you're a great man. I never expect to look upon a finer athlete." He told a reporter from <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_World" title="New York World">New York World</a></i>, "Thorpe is the greatest athlete that ever lived. He has me beaten fifty ways. Even when I was in my prime, I could not do what he did today."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979118_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979118-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy">Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1912, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games#Amateurism_and_professionalism" title="Olympic Games">strict rules</a> regarding <a href="/wiki/Amateur_sports" title="Amateur sports">amateurism</a> were in effect for athletes participating in the Olympics. Athletes who received money prizes for competitions, were sports teachers, or had competed previously against professionals, were not considered amateurs. They were barred from competition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012121_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012121-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late January 1913, the <i><a href="/wiki/Worcester_Telegram" class="mw-redirect" title="Worcester Telegram">Worcester Telegram</a></i> reported that Thorpe had played semi-professional baseball before the Olympics, and other U.S. newspapers followed up the story.<sup id="cite_ref-Flatter_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flatter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe had played semi-professional baseball in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Carolina_League" title="Eastern Carolina League">Eastern Carolina League</a> for <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount, North Carolina</a>, in 1909 and 1910, receiving meager pay; reportedly as little as US$2 ($65 today) per game and as much as US$35 ($1,145 today) per week.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> College players, in fact, regularly spent summers playing professionally in order to earn some money, but most used aliases, unlike Thorpe.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the public did not seem to care much about Thorpe's past,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchafferSmith200050_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchafferSmith200050-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">Amateur Athletic Union</a> (AAU), and especially its secretary <a href="/wiki/James_Edward_Sullivan" title="James Edward Sullivan">James Edward Sullivan</a>, took the case very seriously.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchafferSmith200040_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchafferSmith200040-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe wrote a letter to Sullivan, in which he admitted playing professional baseball:<sup id="cite_ref-Flatter_50-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flatter-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I hope I will be partly excused by the fact that I was simply an Indian schoolboy and did not know all about such things. In fact, I did not know that I was doing wrong, because I was doing what I knew several other college men had done, except that they did not use their own names ...</p></blockquote> <p>His letter did not help.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012161_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012161-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AAU decided to withdraw Thorpe's amateur status retroactively.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC) unanimously decided to <a href="/wiki/List_of_stripped_Olympic_medals" title="List of stripped Olympic medals">strip</a> Thorpe of his Olympic titles, medals and awards, and declare him a professional.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012167_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012167-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEQuirk201442_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEQuirk201442-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Thorpe had played for money, the AAU and IOC did not follow their own rules for disqualification. The rulebook for the 1912 Olympics stated that protests had to be made "within 30 days from the closing ceremonies of the games."<sup id="cite_ref-usoc_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usoc-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first newspaper reports did not appear until January 1913, about six months after the Stockholm Games had concluded.<sup id="cite_ref-usoc_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usoc-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also some evidence that Thorpe was known to have played semi-professional baseball before the Olympics, but the AAU had ignored the issue until being confronted with it in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012162_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012162-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDyreson1998171_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDyreson1998171-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only positive aspect of this affair for Thorpe was that, as soon as the news was reported that he had been declared a professional, he received offers from professional sports clubs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERendell200460_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERendell200460-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1910, Thorpe had the unusual status of a sought-after <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a> at the major league level during the era of the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_clause" title="Reserve clause">reserve clause</a>, because the minor league team that last held his contract had disbanded that year, so he was free to choose which baseball team to play for.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1913, he turned down a starting position with the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a>, then at <a href="/wiki/1912_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1912 St. Louis Browns season">the bottom of the American League</a>. Thorpe signed with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">New York Giants</a> baseball club in 1913, the defending <a href="/wiki/1912_New_York_Giants_season" title="1912 New York Giants season">1912 National League champion</a>. With Thorpe playing in 19 of their 151 games, they repeated as the <a href="/wiki/1913_New_York_Giants_season" title="1913 New York Giants season">1913 National League champions</a>. Immediately following the Giants' October loss in the <a href="/wiki/1913_World_Series" title="1913 World Series">1913 World Series</a>, Thorpe and the Giants joined the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> for a world tour.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Barnstorming_(sports)" title="Barnstorming (sports)">Barnstorming</a> across the United States and around the world, Thorpe was the celebrity of the tour.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElfers2003210_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElfers2003210-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe's presence increased the publicity, attendance and <a href="/wiki/Gate_receipts" title="Gate receipts">gate receipts</a> for the tour.<sup id="cite_ref-tour_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tour-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He met with <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_X" title="Pope Pius X">Pope Pius X</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abbas_II_of_Egypt" title="Abbas II of Egypt">Abbas II Hilmi Bey</a> (the last <a href="/wiki/Khedive_of_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Khedive of Egypt">Khedive of Egypt</a>), and played before 20,000 people in London including <a href="/wiki/George_V_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George V of the United Kingdom">King George V</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tour_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tour-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElfers2003185–187,_233_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElfers2003185–187,_233-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe was the last man to compete in both the Olympics (in a non-baseball sport) and <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> before <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Alvarez" title="Eddy Alvarez">Eddy Alvarez</a> did the same in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe played sporadically with the Giants as an outfielder for three seasons. After playing in the minor leagues with the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Brewers_(minor_league_baseball_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Brewers (minor league baseball team)">Milwaukee Brewers</a> in 1916,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he returned to the Giants in 1917. He was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> early in the season. In the "double <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a>" between <a href="/wiki/Fred_Toney" title="Fred Toney">Fred Toney</a> of the Reds and <a href="/wiki/Hippo_Vaughn" title="Hippo Vaughn">Hippo Vaughn</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. Again, he played sporadically for them in 1918 before being traded to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Braves (baseball)">Boston Braves</a> on May 21, 1919, for <a href="/wiki/Pat_Ragan" title="Pat Ragan">Pat Ragan</a>. In his career, he amassed 91 <a href="/wiki/Runs_scored" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs scored">runs scored</a>, 82 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> and a .252 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> over 289 games.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to play <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">minor league baseball</a> until 1922,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012232_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012232-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and once played for the minor league <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thorpe had not abandoned football either. He first played professional football in 1913 as a member of the Indiana-based <a href="/wiki/Pine_Village,_Indiana#Professional_football" title="Pine Village, Indiana">Pine Village Pros</a>, a team that had a several-season winning streak against local teams during the 1910s.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He signed with the <a href="/wiki/Canton_Bulldogs" title="Canton Bulldogs">Canton Bulldogs</a> in 1915. They paid him $250 ($7,530) a game, a tremendous wage at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199418_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199418-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before signing him Canton was averaging 1,200 fans a game, but 8,000 showed up for Thorpe's debut against the <a href="/wiki/Massillon_Tigers" title="Massillon Tigers">Massillon Tigers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199418_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199418-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team won titles in 1916, 1917, and 1919. Thorpe reportedly ended the 1919 championship game by kicking a wind-assisted 95-yard punt from his team's own 5-yard line, effectively putting the game out of reach.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199418_85-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199418-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1920, the Bulldogs were one of 14 teams to form the <a href="/wiki/American_Professional_Football_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="American Professional Football Association">American Professional Football Association</a>, which became the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) two years later. Thorpe was nominally <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_NFL_Commissioner#Jim_Thorpe_(1920–1921)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the NFL Commissioner">their first president</a>, but spent most of the year playing for Canton; a year later, he was replaced as president by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Joseph Carr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199420_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199420-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to play for Canton, coaching the team as well. Between 1921 and 1923, he helped organize and played for the <a href="/wiki/Oorang_Indians" title="Oorang Indians">Oorang Indians</a> (<a href="/wiki/LaRue,_Ohio" title="LaRue, Ohio">LaRue, Ohio</a>), an all-Native American team.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the team's record was 3–6 in 1922,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199434_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199434-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1–10 in 1923,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199440_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199440-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe played well and was selected for the <i><a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Press-Gazette" title="Green Bay Press-Gazette">Green Bay Press-Gazette</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> first All-NFL team in 1923. This was later formally recognized in 1931 by the NFL as the league's official All-NFL team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199441_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeftCohenKorch199441-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe never played for an NFL championship team. He retired from professional football at age 41,<sup id="cite_ref-cgm_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgm-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having played 52 games for six teams from 1920 to 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basketball">Basketball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Basketball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe_WFI_PC_front_detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Thorpe holding a basketball wearing a World Famous Indians jersey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Jim_Thorpe_WFI_PC_front_detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="328" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="107" data-file-height="328" /></a><figcaption>Thorpe with a basketball, 1927</figcaption></figure> <p>Most of Thorpe's biographers were unaware of his basketball career until a ticket that documented his time in professional basketball was discovered in an old book in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-ticket_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ticket-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1926, he was the main feature of the <a href="/wiki/World_Famous_Indians" title="World Famous Indians">World Famous Indians</a> of <a href="/wiki/LaRue,_Ohio" title="LaRue, Ohio">LaRue, Ohio</a>, a traveling basketball team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012253–254_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012253–254-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team barnstormed for at least two years (1927–28) in multiple states.<sup id="cite_ref-ticket_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ticket-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although stories about Thorpe's team were published in some local newspapers at the time, his basketball career is not well-documented.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For a brief time in 1913, he was considering going into professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">hockey</a> for the Tecumseh Hockey Club in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario, Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_family">Marriage and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Marriage and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thorpe married three times and had a total of eight children. In 1913, Thorpe married Iva M. Miller,<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom he had met at Carlisle. In 1917, Iva and Thorpe bought a house now known as the <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_House" title="Jim Thorpe House">Jim Thorpe House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yale,_Oklahoma" title="Yale, Oklahoma">Yale, Oklahoma</a>, and lived there until 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four children: James F., Gale, Charlotte, and <a href="/wiki/Grace_Thorpe" title="Grace Thorpe">Grace Frances</a>, an environmentalist and Native rights activist.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Grace:4_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grace:4-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Miller filed for divorce from Thorpe in 1925, claiming desertion.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1926, Thorpe married Freeda Verona Kirkpatrick (September 19, 1905 – March 2, 2007). She was working for the manager of the baseball team for which he was playing at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeda_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeda-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had four sons: Phillip, William, Richard, and John Thorpe.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kirkpatrick divorced Thorpe in 1941, after they had been married for 15 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Freeda_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freeda-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lastly, Thorpe married Patricia Gladys Askew on June 2, 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was with him when he died.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012366_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012366-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life,_film_career,_and_death"><span id="Later_life.2C_film_career.2C_and_death"></span>Later life, film career, and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Later life, film career, and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A brick tomb of Jim Thorpe inscribed with depictions of his career and the quote from King Gustav V" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg/330px-Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg/440px-Tomb_of_Jim_Thorpe_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4299" data-file-height="3070" /></a><figcaption>Tomb of Jim Thorpe</figcaption></figure> <p>After his athletic career, Thorpe struggled to provide for his family. He found it difficult to work a non-sports-related job and never held a job for an extended period of time. During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> in particular, he had various jobs, among others as a movie actor, mostly as an <a href="/wiki/Extra_(drama)" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra (drama)">extra</a>, usually playing an American Indian in <a href="/wiki/Western_movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Western movie">Westerns</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004144–145_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004144–145-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starting with the 1931 serial <i><a href="/wiki/Battling_with_Buffalo_Bill" title="Battling with Buffalo Bill">Battling with Buffalo Bill</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-AIM_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIM-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1932 comedy <i>Always Kickin<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span></i>, Thorpe was prominently cast in a speaking part as himself, a kicking coach teaching young football players to <a href="/wiki/Drop-kick" class="mw-redirect" title="Drop-kick">drop-kick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004145_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004145-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played the captain of the guard in 1935's <i><a href="/wiki/She_(1935_film)" title="She (1935 film)">She</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an umpire in the 1940 film <i><a href="/wiki/Knute_Rockne,_All_American" title="Knute Rockne, All American">Knute Rockne, All American</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012313–314_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012313–314-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a member of the Navajo Nation in the 1950 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wagon_Master" title="Wagon Master">Wagon Master</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHilger2016324_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHilger2016324-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <i><a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="American Indian Magazine">American Indian Magazine</a></i> article states Thorpe appeared in over 70 films.<sup id="cite_ref-AIM_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIM-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1931, during the Great Depression, Thorpe sold the film rights to his life story to <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a> for $1,500 (equivalent to $30,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004145_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004145-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> eventually acquired the rights and memorialized Thorpe in <i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_%E2%80%93_All-American" title="Jim Thorpe – All-American">Jim Thorpe – All-American</a></i> (1951), starring <a href="/wiki/Burt_Lancaster" title="Burt Lancaster">Burt Lancaster</a>. The film was directed by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Curtiz" title="Michael Curtiz">Michael Curtiz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012341,_353_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012341,_353-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although there were rumors that Thorpe received no money, he was paid $15,000 by Warner Bros. plus a $2,500 donation toward an annuity for him by the studio's head of publicity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012355–356_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012355–356-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie included archival footage of the 1912 and 1932 Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-medal_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe was seen in one scene as a coaching assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-medal_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medal-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also distributed in the United Kingdom, where it was called <i>Man of Bronze</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams2006133_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams2006133-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Apart from his career in films, he worked as a construction worker, a <a href="/wiki/Bouncer_(doorman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bouncer (doorman)">doorman/bouncer</a>, a security guard, and a ditchdigger. He briefly joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">United States Merchant Marine</a> in 1945, during World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004144–145_101-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004144–145-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-time1943_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time1943-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe was a chronic alcoholic during his later life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200661_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJeansonneLuhrssen200661-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran out of money sometime in the early 1950s. When hospitalized for lip cancer in 1950, Thorpe was admitted as a charity case.<sup id="cite_ref-lip_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lip-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a press conference announcing the procedure, his wife, Patricia, wept and pleaded for help, saying, "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 often been exploited."<sup id="cite_ref-lip_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lip-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1953, Thorpe went into <a href="/wiki/Heart_failure" title="Heart failure">heart failure</a> for the third time while dining with Patricia in their home in <a href="/wiki/Lomita,_California" title="Lomita, California">Lomita, California</a>. He was briefly revived by <a href="/wiki/Artificial_respiration" class="mw-redirect" title="Artificial respiration">artificial respiration</a> and spoke to those around him, but lost consciousness shortly afterward. He died on March 28 at the age of 65.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTobit_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTobit-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victim_of_racism">Victim of racism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Victim of racism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thorpe, whose parents were both mixed-race, was raised as a Native American. He accomplished his athletic feats despite the severe racial inequality of the United States. It has often been suggested that his Olympic medals were stripped by the athletic officials because of his ethnicity.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it is difficult to prove this, the public comment at the time largely reflected this view.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchafferSmith200050_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchafferSmith200050-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time Thorpe won his gold medals, not all Native Americans were recognized as U.S. citizens (the U.S. government had frequently demanded that they make concessions to adopt European-American ways to receive such recognition). Citizenship was not granted to all American Indians until 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELincolnSlagle1997282_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELincolnSlagle1997282-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Thorpe attended Carlisle, the students' ethnicity was used for marketing purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-Bloom_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloom-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The football team was called the Indians. To create headlines, the school and journalists often portrayed sporting competitions as conflicts of Indians against whites.<sup id="cite_ref-Bloom_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloom-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first notice of Thorpe in <i>The New York Times</i> was headlined "Indian Thorpe in Olympiad; Redskin from Carlisle Will Strive for Place on American Team."<sup id="cite_ref-Redskin_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Redskin-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout his life, Thorpe's accomplishments were described in a similar racial context by other newspapers and sportswriters, which reflected the era.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_awards_reinstated">Olympic awards reinstated</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Olympic awards reinstated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2018_Native_American_Dollar_Reverse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="One dollar coin depicting a headshot and two body shots of Thorpe competing. The text reads "Jim Thorpe / Wa-Tho-Huk" on top and "United States of America" on the bottom." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/2018_Native_American_Dollar_Reverse.jpg/220px-2018_Native_American_Dollar_Reverse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/2018_Native_American_Dollar_Reverse.jpg/330px-2018_Native_American_Dollar_Reverse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/2018_Native_American_Dollar_Reverse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="398" /></a><figcaption>Thorpe is featured on the reverse of the 2018 <a href="/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar" title="Sacagawea dollar">Sacagawea dollar</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Over the years, supporters of Thorpe attempted to have his Olympic titles reinstated.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American Olympic officials, including former teammate and later president of the IOC <a href="/wiki/Avery_Brundage" title="Avery Brundage">Avery Brundage</a>, rebuffed several attempts. Brundage once said, "Ignorance is no excuse."<sup id="cite_ref-SI2004_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI2004-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most persistent were the author Robert Wheeler and his wife, Florence Ridlon. They succeeded in having the AAU and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Olympic_%26_Paralympic_Committee" title="United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee">United States Olympic Committee</a> overturn its decision and restore Thorpe's amateur status before 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, Wheeler and Ridlon established the Jim Thorpe Foundation and gained support from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a>. Armed with this support and evidence from 1912 proving that Thorpe's disqualification had occurred after the 30-day time period allowed by Olympics rules, they succeeded in making the case to the IOC. In October 1982, the IOC Executive Committee approved Thorpe's reinstatement.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an unusual ruling, they declared that Thorpe was co-champion with <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Bie" title="Ferdinand Bie">Ferdinand Bie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Wieslander" title="Hugo Wieslander">Hugo Wieslander</a>, although both of these athletes had always said they considered Thorpe to be the only champion. In a ceremony on January 18, 1983, the IOC presented two of Thorpe's children, Gale and Bill, with commemorative medals.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe's original medals had been held in museums, but they were stolen and have never been recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004132_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004132-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IOC listed Thorpe as a co-gold medalist.<sup id="cite_ref-recognized_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-recognized-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2020, a petition from Bright Path Strong<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> began circulating that called upon the IOC to reinstate Thorpe as the sole winner in his events in the 1912 Olympics. It was backed by Pictureworks Entertainment, which is making a film about Thorpe. The petition was supported by Olympian <a href="/wiki/Billy_Mills" title="Billy Mills">Billy Mills</a>, who won a gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the <a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Tokyo Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IOC voted to reinstate Thorpe as the sole winner of both events on July 14, 2022, after the National Olympic Committees of Norway and Sweden, representing Bie and Wieslander, had given their approval.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honors">Honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Sports card of Jim Thorpe. In the center, he is shown from the torso up wearing his jersey." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg/170px-JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg/255px-JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg/340px-JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1137" data-file-height="1387" /></a><figcaption>1933 <a href="/wiki/Goudey" title="Goudey">Goudey</a> Sport Kings card of Thorpe</figcaption></figure> <p>Thorpe's tribe, the Sac and Fox Nation, added Olympic rings to their official flag to honor him.<sup id="cite_ref-ohs_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohs-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe's monument, featuring the quote from Gustav V ("You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world."), still stands near the town named for him, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" title="Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania">Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoxie1996628_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoxie1996628-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The grave rests on mounds of soil from Thorpe's native Oklahoma and from the stadium in which he won his Olympic medals.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe's achievements received great acclaim from sports journalists, both during his lifetime and since his death. In 1950, an <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> poll of almost 400 sportswriters and broadcasters voted Thorpe the "greatest athlete" of the first half of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> ranked Thorpe as the "greatest American football player" of the first half of the century.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> voters selected him for the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_50th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, the Associated Press placed him third on its list of the top athletes of the century, following <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> ranked Thorpe seventh on their list of best North American athletes of the century.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thorpe was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1963, one of seventeen players in the charter class.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorpe is memorialized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame rotunda with a larger-than-life statue. He was also inducted into halls of fame for college football, American Olympic teams, and the national track and field competition.<sup id="cite_ref-CNN_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Thorpe became one of the inductees in the first induction ceremony held by the <a href="/wiki/National_Native_American_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Native American Hall of Fame">National Native American Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fitness center and a hall at <a href="/wiki/Haskell_Indian_Nations_University" title="Haskell Indian Nations University">Haskell Indian Nations University</a> are named in honor of Thorpe.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, as authorized by U.S. Senate Joint Resolution 73, proclaimed Monday, April 16, 1973, as "Jim Thorpe Day" to promote nationwide recognition of Thorpe's life.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the Jim Thorpe Association established an award with Thorpe's name. The <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe_Award" title="Jim Thorpe Award">Jim Thorpe Award</a> is given annually to the best <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive back</a> in <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a>. The annual <a href="/wiki/Thorpe_Cup" title="Thorpe Cup">Thorpe Cup</a> athletics meeting is named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a> issued a 32¢ stamp on February 3, 1998, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Celebrate_the_Century" title="Celebrate the Century">Celebrate the Century</a> stamp sheet series.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a poll of sports fans published in 2000 by <a href="/wiki/ESPN_on_ABC" title="ESPN on ABC">ABC Sports</a>, Thorpe was voted the Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century; the pool of 15 other top athletes included <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a>, Babe Ruth, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a>, and Michael Jordan.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Thorpe was honored on the <a href="/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar" title="Sacagawea dollar">Native American dollar</a> coin;<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> proposed designs were released in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> announced that Thorpe would be awarded the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a>, the highest civilian honor given in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania"><span id="Jim_Thorpe.2C_Pennsylvania"></span>Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Statue of Jim Thorpe dashing while carrying a football in front of a group of trees" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg/170px-Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg/255px-Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg/340px-Jim_Thorpe_Statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>One of the two statues of Thorpe located in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania</figcaption></figure> <p>After Thorpe's funeral was held at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma,<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his body lay in state at Fairview Cemetery. Residents had paid to have it returned to Shawnee by train from California.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuford2012367–369_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuford2012367–369-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The people began a fund-raising effort to erect a memorial for Thorpe at the town's athletic park. Local officials had asked state legislators for funding, but a bill that included $25,000 for their proposal was vetoed by Governor <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Murray" title="Johnston Murray">Johnston Murray</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979228–229_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWheeler1979228–229-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, Thorpe's third wife, unbeknownst to the rest of his family, took Thorpe's body and had it shipped to Pennsylvania when she heard that the small Pennsylvania towns of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" title="Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania">Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk</a> were seeking to attract business.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She made a deal with officials which, according to Thorpe's son Jack, was made by the widowed Patricia for monetary considerations.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The towns "bought" Thorpe's remains, erected a monument to him at the grave, merged, and renamed the newly united town in his honor as <a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe,_Pennsylvania" title="Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania">Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania</a>. Thorpe had never been there.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004148_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004148-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The monument site contains his tomb,<sup id="cite_ref-body_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-body-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> two statues of him in athletic poses,<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and historical markers recounting his life story.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2010, Jack Thorpe filed a federal lawsuit against the borough of Jim Thorpe, seeking to have his father's remains returned to his homeland and re-interred near other family members in Oklahoma. Citing the <a href="/wiki/Native_American_Graves_Protection_and_Repatriation_Act" title="Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act">Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act</a>, Jack was arguing to bring his father's remains to the reservation in Oklahoma, to be buried near those of his father, sisters and brother, a mile from the place he was born. He claimed that the agreement between his stepmother and Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, borough officials was made against the wishes of other family members, who want him buried in Native American land.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jack Thorpe died at 73 on February 22, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, U.S. District Judge Richard Caputo ruled that Jim Thorpe borough amounts to a museum under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ("NAGPRA"), and therefore is bound by that law. A lawyer for Bill and Richard Thorpe said the men would pursue the legal process to have their father's remains returned to Sac and Fox land in central Oklahoma.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 23, 2014, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit</a> reversed Judge Caputo's ruling. The appeals court held that Jim Thorpe borough is not a "museum", as that term is used in NAGPRA, and that the plaintiffs therefore could not invoke that federal statute to seek reinterment of Thorpe's remains.<sup id="cite_ref-body_153-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-body-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In NAGPRA language, "'museum' means any institution or State or local government agency (including any institution of higher learning) that receives Federal funds and has possession of, or control over, Native American cultural items."<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Court of Appeals directed the trial court to enter a judgment in favor of the borough.<sup id="cite_ref-body_153-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-body-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appeals court said Pennsylvania law allows the plaintiffs to ask a state court to order reburial of Thorpe's remains, but noted, "once a body is interred there is great reluctance in permitting same to be moved, absent clear and compelling reasons for such a move."<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 5, 2015, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> refused to hear the matter, effectively bringing the legal process to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jim_Thorpe_Marathon">Jim Thorpe Marathon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Jim Thorpe Marathon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jim Thorpe Area Running Festival is a series of races started in 2019 in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. It includes a marathon, a 26.2 mile footrace that features a steady elevation drop from start to finish.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text">Cook. p. 115.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-museum-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-museum_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-museum_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-museum_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-museum_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-museum_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://oklahomasportshalloffame.org/jim-thorpe-museum">"Jim Thorpe History"</a>. <i>Jim Thorpe Museum</i>. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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October 22, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 21,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Times+News&rft.atitle=Jim+Thorpe+running+festival+benefits+Turn+To+Us&rft.date=2020-10-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tnonline.com%2F20201022%2Fjim-thorpe-running-festival-benefits-turn-to-us%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBird1996" class="citation book cs1">Bird, S. Elizabeth (May 2, 1996). <i>Dressing in feathers: the construction of the Indian in American popular culture</i>. London, UK: Avalon. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8133-2667-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8133-2667-2"><bdi>978-0-8133-2667-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dressing+in+feathers%3A+the+construction+of+the+Indian+in+American+popular+culture&rft.place=London%2C+UK&rft.pub=Avalon&rft.date=1996-05-02&rft.isbn=978-0-8133-2667-2&rft.aulast=Bird&rft.aufirst=S.+Elizabeth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBloom1996" class="citation book cs1">Bloom, John (May 2, 1996). "<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"There Is Madness in the Air": The 1926 Haskell Homecoming and Popular Representations of Sports in Federal Indian Boarding Schools". In Bird, S. Elizabeth (ed.). <i>Dressing in feathers: the construction of the Indian in American popular culture</i>. London, UK: Avalon. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8133-2667-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8133-2667-2"><bdi>978-0-8133-2667-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=%E2%80%9CThere+Is+Madness+in+the+Air%E2%80%9D%3A+The+1926+Haskell+Homecoming+and+Popular+Representations+of+Sports+in+Federal+Indian+Boarding+Schools&rft.btitle=Dressing+in+feathers%3A+the+construction+of+the+Indian+in+American+popular+culture&rft.place=London%2C+UK&rft.pub=Avalon&rft.date=1996-05-02&rft.isbn=978-0-8133-2667-2&rft.aulast=Bloom&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuford2012" class="citation book cs1">Buford, Kate (2012). <i><a href="/wiki/Native_American_Son" title="Native American Son">Native American Son: the life and sporting legend of Jim Thorpe </a></i>. Lincoln, Nebraska: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nebraska_Press" title="University of Nebraska Press">University of Nebraska Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-4089-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-4089-6"><bdi>978-0-8032-4089-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/756837088">756837088</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Native+American+Son%3A+the+life+and+sporting+legend+of+Jim+Thorpe&rft.place=Lincoln%2C+Nebraska&rft.pub=University+of+Nebraska+Press&rft.date=2012&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F756837088&rft.isbn=978-0-8032-4089-6&rft.aulast=Buford&rft.aufirst=Kate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCava1992" class="citation book cs1">Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170809200123/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1e.pdf"><i>Baseball in the Olympics</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. pp. <span class="nowrap">7–</span>15. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1e.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on August 9, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Baseball+in+the+Olympics&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E7-%3C%2Fspan%3E15&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=Cava&rft.aufirst=Pete&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.la84.org%2FSportsLibrary%2FJOH%2FJOHv1n1%2FJOHv1n1e.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCook2011" class="citation book cs1">Cook, William A. (2011). <i>Jim Thorpe: a biography</i>. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6355-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6355-8"><bdi>978-0-7864-6355-8</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/692291486">692291486</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jim+Thorpe%3A+a+biography&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+N.C&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Co&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F692291486&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-6355-8&rft.aulast=Cook&rft.aufirst=William+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDodge2013" class="citation book cs1">Dodge, Robert V. (2013). <i>Which chosen people? Manifest destiny meets the Sioux as seen by Frank Fiske, frontier photographer</i>. 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Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-252-06654-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-252-06654-2"><bdi>978-0-252-06654-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Making+the+American+team%3A+sport%2C+culture%2C+and+the+Olympic+experience&rft.place=Urbana%2C+Ill.&rft.series=Sport+and+society&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-252-06654-2&rft.aulast=Dyreson&rft.aufirst=Mark&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFElfers2003" class="citation book cs1">Elfers, James E. (2003). <i>The Tour to End All Tours: the story of major league baseball's 1913-1914 world tour</i>. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-6748-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-6748-0"><bdi>978-0-8032-6748-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tour+to+End+All+Tours%3A+the+story+of+major+league+baseball%27s+1913-1914+world+tour&rft.place=Lincoln&rft.pub=University+of+Nebraska+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-8032-6748-0&rft.aulast=Elfers&rft.aufirst=James+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFindlingPelle2004" class="citation book cs1">Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D., eds. (2004). <i>Encyclopedia of the modern Olympic movement</i>. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-313-32278-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-313-32278-5"><bdi>978-0-313-32278-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+the+modern+Olympic+movement&rft.place=Westport%2C+Conn&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-313-32278-5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerasimoWhiteley2003" class="citation book cs1">Gerasimo, Luisa; Whiteley, Sandra, eds. (2003). <i>The teacher's calendar of famous birthdays</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/McGraw-Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw-Hill">McGraw-Hill</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-07-141230-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-07-141230-8"><bdi>978-0-07-141230-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+teacher%27s+calendar+of+famous+birthdays&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-07-141230-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHilger2016" class="citation book cs1">Hilger, Michael (2016). <i>Native Americans in the movies: portrayals from silent films to the present</i>. 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Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-3376-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7425-3376-9"><bdi>978-0-7425-3376-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/62109927">62109927</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+time+of+paradox%3A+America+since+1890&rft.place=Lanham%2C+Md&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2Focm62109927&rft.isbn=978-0-7425-3376-9&rft.aulast=Jeansonne&rft.aufirst=Glen&rft.au=Luhrssen%2C+David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLandrum2006" class="citation book cs1">Landrum, Dr. Gene N. 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Pasadena, Cal.: Salem Pr. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-89356-529-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-89356-529-9"><bdi>978-0-89356-529-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Great+lives+from+history.+Vol.+1+5%3A+American+series+Sit+-+Z&rft.place=Pasadena%2C+Cal.&rft.pub=Salem+Pr&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-89356-529-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaraniss2022" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Maraniss" title="David Maraniss">Maraniss, David</a> (2022). <i>Path lit by lightning: the life of Jim Thorpe</i> (1st ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4767-4841-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4767-4841-2"><bdi>978-1-4767-4841-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Path+lit+by+lightning%3A+the+life+of+Jim+Thorpe&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=978-1-4767-4841-2&rft.aulast=Maraniss&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNeftCohenKorch1994" class="citation book cs1">Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; Korch, Rick (1994). <i>The Complete History of Professional Football from 1892 to the Present</i>. St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-31-211435-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-31-211435-0"><bdi>978-0-31-211435-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Complete+History+of+Professional+Football+from+1892+to+the+Present&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=978-0-31-211435-0&rft.aulast=Neft&rft.aufirst=David+S.&rft.au=Cohen%2C+Richard+M.&rft.au=Korch%2C+Rick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Hanlon-Lincoln2004" class="citation book cs1">O'Hanlon-Lincoln, Ceane (2004). <i>County chronicles: a vivid collection of Fayette County, Pennsylvania histories</i>. Chicora, PA: Mechling Bookbindery. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9744657-8-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9744657-8-4"><bdi>978-0-9744657-8-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=County+chronicles%3A+a+vivid+collection+of+Fayette+County%2C+Pennsylvania+histories&rft.place=Chicora%2C+PA&rft.pub=Mechling+Bookbindery&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-9744657-8-4&rft.aulast=O%27Hanlon-Lincoln&rft.aufirst=Ceane&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFQuirk2014" class="citation book cs1">Quirk, Charles E., ed. (July 10, 2014). <i>Sports and the Law: Major Legal Cases</i>. Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-13-568222-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-13-568222-4"><bdi>978-1-13-568222-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sports+and+the+Law%3A+Major+Legal+Cases&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2014-07-10&rft.isbn=978-1-13-568222-4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRendell2004" class="citation book cs1">Rendell, Matt, ed. (2004). <i>The Olympics: Athens to Athens, 1896 - 2004</i>. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-297-84382-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-297-84382-5"><bdi>978-0-297-84382-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Olympics%3A+Athens+to+Athens%2C+1896+-+2004&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Weidenfeld+%26+Nicolson&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-297-84382-5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchafferSmith2000" class="citation book cs1">Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie, eds. (2000). <i>The Olympics at the Millennium: power, politics, and the games</i>. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8135-2820-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8135-2820-5"><bdi>978-0-8135-2820-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Olympics+at+the+Millennium%3A+power%2C+politics%2C+and+the+games&rft.place=New+Brunswick%2C+NJ&rft.pub=Rutgers+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-8135-2820-5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatterson2002" class="citation book cs1">Watterson, John Sayle (November 14, 2002). <i>College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy</i>. Johns Hopkins University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-80-187114-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-80-187114-6"><bdi>978-0-80-187114-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=College+Football%3A+History%2C+Spectacle%2C+Controversy&rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=2002-11-14&rft.isbn=978-0-80-187114-6&rft.aulast=Watterson&rft.aufirst=John+Sayle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWheeler1979" class="citation book cs1">Wheeler, Robert W. (1979). <i>Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete</i>. University of Oklahoma Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-80-611745-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-80-611745-4"><bdi>978-0-80-611745-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jim+Thorpe%2C+World%27s+Greatest+Athlete&rft.pub=University+of+Oklahoma+Press&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=978-0-80-611745-4&rft.aulast=Wheeler&rft.aufirst=Robert+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2006" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Randy (2006). <i>Sports cinema: 100 movies: the best of Hollywood's athletic heroes, losers, myths, and misfits</i>. Pompton Plains, NJ: Limelight Ed. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87910-331-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87910-331-6"><bdi>978-0-87910-331-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sports+cinema%3A+100+movies%3A+the+best+of+Hollywood%27s+athletic+heroes%2C+losers%2C+myths%2C+and+misfits&rft.place=Pompton+Plains%2C+NJ&rft.pub=Limelight+Ed&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-87910-331-6&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Randy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZarnowski2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zarnowski" title="Frank Zarnowski">Zarnowski, Frank</a> (March 31, 2005). <i>All-Around Men: Heroes of a Forgotten Sport</i>. Scarecrow Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-81-085423-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-81-085423-9"><bdi>978-0-81-085423-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=All-Around+Men%3A+Heroes+of+a+Forgotten+Sport&rft.pub=Scarecrow+Press&rft.date=2005-03-31&rft.isbn=978-0-81-085423-9&rft.aulast=Zarnowski&rft.aufirst=Frank&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZarnowski2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zarnowski" title="Frank Zarnowski">Zarnowski, Frank</a> (2013). <i>The Pentathlon of the Ancient World</i>. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6783-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6783-9"><bdi>978-0-7864-6783-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pentathlon+of+the+Ancient+World&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+NC&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-6783-9&rft.aulast=Zarnowski&rft.aufirst=Frank&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBenjey2008" class="citation book cs1">Benjey, Tom (2008). <i>Doctors, lawyers, Indian chiefs</i>. Carlisle, PA: Tuxedo Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9774486-7-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9774486-7-8"><bdi>978-0-9774486-7-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Doctors%2C+lawyers%2C+Indian+chiefs&rft.place=Carlisle%2C+PA&rft.pub=Tuxedo+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-9774486-7-8&rft.aulast=Benjey&rft.aufirst=Tom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMallonWidlund2002" class="citation book cs1">Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (2002). "In the Matter of Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe". <i>The 1912 Olympic Games: results for all competitors in all events, with commentary</i>. Results of the early modern Olympics. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-1047-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-1047-7"><bdi>978-0-7864-1047-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=In+the+Matter+of+Jacobus+Franciscus+Thorpe&rft.btitle=The+1912+Olympic+Games%3A+results+for+all+competitors+in+all+events%2C+with+commentary&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+N.C&rft.series=Results+of+the+early+modern+Olympics&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-1047-7&rft.aulast=Mallon&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft.au=Widlund%2C+Ture&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNewcombe1975" class="citation book cs1">Newcombe, Jack (1975). <i>The best of the athletic boys: The white man's impact on Jim Thorpe</i> (1st ed.). Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-06186-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-06186-5"><bdi>978-0-385-06186-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+best+of+the+athletic+boys%3A+The+white+man%27s+impact+on+Jim+Thorpe&rft.place=Garden+City%2C+N.Y&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=978-0-385-06186-5&rft.aulast=Newcombe&rft.aufirst=Jack&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUpdyke1997" class="citation book cs1">Updyke, Rosemary K. (December 1997). <i>Jim Thorpe: The Legend Remembered</i>. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-56-554539-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-56-554539-7"><bdi>978-1-56-554539-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jim+Thorpe%3A+The+Legend+Remembered&rft.place=Gretna%2C+Louisiana&rft.pub=Pelican+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1997-12&rft.isbn=978-1-56-554539-7&rft.aulast=Updyke&rft.aufirst=Rosemary+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWallechinsky2000" class="citation book cs1">Wallechinsky, David (2000). <i>The complete book of the Summer Olympics</i> (2000 ed., 1st ed.). Woodstock, N.Y: Overlook Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58567-033-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-58567-033-8"><bdi>978-1-58567-033-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+complete+book+of+the+Summer+Olympics&rft.place=Woodstock%2C+N.Y&rft.edition=2000+ed.%2C+1st&rft.pub=Overlook+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-58567-033-8&rft.aulast=Wallechinsky&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJim+Thorpe" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Thorpe&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Aikman" title="Troy Aikman">Aikman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Blanda" title="George Blanda">Blanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Clark" title="Dutch Clark">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">L. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Friedman" title="Benny Friedman">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Herber" title="Arnie Herber">Herber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">J. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Namath" title="Joe Namath">Namath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Parker" title="Ace Parker">A. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. 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Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Canadeo" title="Tony Canadeo">Canadeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Csonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">T. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gifford" title="Frank Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Guyon" title="Joe Guyon">Guyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">F. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Hinkle" title="Clarke Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgerrin_James" title="Edgerrin James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Johnson" title="John Henry Johnson">J. H. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">L. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Leemans" title="Tuffy Leemans">Leemans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">F. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Matson" title="Ollie Matson">Matson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny" title="Hugh McElhenny">McElhenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_%22Blood%22_McNally" title="Johnny "Blood" McNally">J. 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Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Strong" title="Ken Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">Ji. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurman_Thomas" title="Thurman Thomas">T. 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Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bruce" title="Isaac Bruce">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Carmichael" title="Harold Carmichael">Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fears" title="Tom Fears">Fears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hayes" title="Bob Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elroy_Hirsch" title="Elroy Hirsch">Hirsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Hutson" title="Don Hutson">Hutson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Irvin" title="Michael Irvin">Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Johnson" title="Andre Johnson">A. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Joiner" title="Charlie Joiner">Joiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Lavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lofton" title="James Lofton">Lofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Maynard" title="Don Maynard">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McDonald_(American_football)" title="Tommy McDonald (American football)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Millner" title="Wayne Millner">Millner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Monk" title="Art Monk">Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Owens" title="Terrell Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Pihos" title="Pete Pihos">Pihos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Reed" title="Andre Reed">A. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sterling_Sharpe" title="Sterling Sharpe">St. Sharpe</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Speedie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stallworth" title="John Stallworth">Stallworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Taylor" title="Charley Taylor">C. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Warfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tight ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Casper" title="Dave Casper">Casper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Ditka</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Gates" title="Antonio Gates">Gates</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mackey_(American_football)" title="John Mackey (American football)">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sanders" title="Charlie Sanders">C. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Sharpe" title="Shannon Sharpe">Sh. Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Smith" title="Jackie Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellen_Winslow" title="Kellen Winslow">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Allen" title="Larry Allen">L. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bob Brown (offensive lineman)">B. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosey_Brown" title="Rosey Brown">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Creekmur" title="Lou Creekmur">Creekmur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermontti_Dawson" title="Dermontti Dawson">D. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_DeLamielleure" title="Joe DeLamielleure">DeLamielleure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dierdorf" title="Dan Dierdorf">Dierdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Faneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Gatski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(American_football)" title="John Hannah (American football)">Hannah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Hickerson" title="Gene Hickerson">Hickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Hill" title="Winston Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kramer" title="Jerry Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Langer" title="Jim Langer">Langer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Little" title="Larry Little">L. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mack" title="Tom Mack">Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mawae" title="Kevin Mawae">Mawae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_McDaniel" title="Randall McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Mix" title="Ron Mix">Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Munchak" title="Mike Munchak">Munchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden" title="Jonathan Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Otto" title="Jim Otto">Otto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parker_(American_football)" title="Jim Parker (American football)">J. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ringo" title="Jim Ringo">Ringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Roaf" title="Willie Roaf">Roaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Shaw" title="Billy Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Shell" title="Art Shell">A. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Slater" title="Jackie Slater">J. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_St._Clair" title="Bob St. Clair">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stanfel" title="Dick Stanfel">Stanfel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Stephenson" title="Dwight Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tingelhoff" title="Mick Tingelhoff">Tingelhoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Upshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayfield_Wright" title="Rayfield Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Yary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Zimmerman" title="Gary Zimmerman">Zimmerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-modern era<br />two-way players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turk_Edwards" title="Turk Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fortmann" title="Dan Fortmann">Fortmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Healey" title="Ed Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Hein" title="Mel Hein">Hein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Henry" title="Pete Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Hubbard" title="Cal Hubbard">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kiesling" title="Walt Kiesling">Kiesling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Lyman" title="Link Lyman">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Michalske" title="Mike Michalske">Michalske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Musso" title="George Musso">Musso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Slater" title="Duke Slater">D. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Stydahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">Trafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wojciechowicz" title="Alex Wojciechowicz">Wojciechowicz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Jared_Allen" title="Jared Allen">J. Allen</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bethea" title="Elvin Bethea">Bethea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Buchanan" title="Buck Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curley_Culp" title="Curley Culp">Culp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">W. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Dean" title="Fred Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Doleman" title="Chris Doleman">Doleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Eller" title="Carl Eller">Eller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Ford" title="Len Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Freeney" title="Dwight Freeney">Freeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">J. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">D. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jordan" title="Henry Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Klecko" title="Joe Klecko">Klecko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Lilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Marchetti" title="Gino Marchetti">Marchetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">McMichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Nomellini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">Randle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Robustelli" title="Andy Robustelli">Robustelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Sapp" title="Warren Sapp">Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seymour" title="Richard Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Sprinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Stautner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Ja. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Weinmeister" title="Arnie Weinmeister">Weinmeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">Ra. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Re. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">B. Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Young" title="Bryant Young">B. Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Youngblood" title="Jack Youngblood">Youngblood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Linebackers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Bednarik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bo. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brazile" title="Robert Brazile">Brazile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti" title="Nick Buoniconti">Buoniconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Gradishar" title="Randy Gradishar">Gradishar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">K. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hanburger" title="Chris Hanburger">Hanburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendricks" title="Ted Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Howley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Huff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Jackson" title="Rickey Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Lanier" title="Willie Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mills" title="Sam Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Nitschke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Dave Robinson (American football)">D. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)" title="Joe Schmidt (American football)">Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Seau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">L. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">D. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Thomas" title="Zach Thomas">Z. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Tippett" title="Andre Tippett">Tippett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilcox" title="Dave Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">P. Willis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Adderley</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eric_Allen" title="Eric Allen">E. Allen</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronde_Barber" title="Ronde Barber">Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(American_football)" title="Willie Brown (American football)">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">J. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Butler" title="LeRoy Butler">L. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dawkins" title="Brian Dawkins">Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dillon" title="Bobby Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Harris" title="Cliff Harris">C. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Haynes_(cornerback)" title="Mike Haynes (cornerback)">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (cornerback)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_Lary" title="Yale Lary">Lary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">LeBeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">E. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Renfro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrelle_Revis" title="Darrelle Revis">Revis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Riley" title="Ken Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">J. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">D. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Shell" title="Donnie Shell">D. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Thomas" title="Emmitt Thomas">E. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell" title="Emlen Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wehrli" title="Roger Wehrli">Wehrli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Larry Wilson (American football)">L. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Groza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Guy" title="Ray Guy">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Stenerud" title="Jan Stenerud">Stenerud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coaches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">G. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">P. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Cowher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dungy" title="Tony Dungy">Dungy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Ewbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Flores" title="Tom Flores">Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Gillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Grant" title="Bud Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Levy" title="Marv Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Lombardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greasy_Neale" title="Greasy Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Noll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Parcells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Shula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Stram" title="Hank Stram">Stram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vermeil" title="Dick Vermeil">Vermeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beathard" title="Bobby Beathard">Beathard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Be. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bidwill" title="Charles Bidwill">Bidwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Bowlen" title="Pat Bowlen">Bowlen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Brandt" title="Gil Brandt">Brandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Davis" title="Al Davis">A. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._DeBartolo_Jr." title="Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.">DeBartolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Finks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jones" title="Jerry Jones">J. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Mara" title="Tim Mara">T. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Mara" title="Wellington Mara">W. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Preston_Marshall" title="George Preston Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_McNally" title="Art McNally">A. McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nunn_(American_football)" title="Bill Nunn (American football)">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Polian" title="Bill Polian">Polian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Ray" title="Shorty Ray">Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Reeves_(American_football_executive)" title="Dan Reeves (American football executive)">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney" title="Art Rooney">A. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_M._Rooney" title="Dan M. Rooney">D. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Rozelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sabol" title="Ed Sabol">E. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sabol" title="Steve Sabol">S. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tex_Schramm" title="Tex Schramm">Schramm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tagliabue" title="Paul Tagliabue">Tagliabue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wilson" title="Ralph Wilson">R. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wolf" title="Ron Wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Young_(American_football_executive)" title="George Young (American football executive)">G. Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>Italics</i> denotes members who have been elected, but not yet inducted.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's all-around">1904</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kiely" title="Tom Kiely">Tom Kiely</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1904 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:gold;">Pentathlon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_pentathlon" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon">1912</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jim Thorpe</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_pentathlon" title="Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon">1920</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eero_Lehtonen" title="Eero Lehtonen">Eero Lehtonen</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1920 Summer Olympics">FIN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_pentathlon" title="Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon">1924</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eero_Lehtonen" title="Eero Lehtonen">Eero Lehtonen</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1924 Summer Olympics">FIN</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:gold;">Decathlon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1912</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jim Thorpe</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1912 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1920</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Helge_L%C3%B8vland" title="Helge Løvland">Helge Løvland</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics">NOR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1924</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Harold_Osborn" title="Harold Osborn">Harold Osborn</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1928</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/33px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/44px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paavo_Yrj%C3%B6l%C3%A4" title="Paavo Yrjölä">Paavo Yrjölä</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics" title="Finland at the 1928 Summer Olympics">FIN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1932</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bausch" title="Jim Bausch">Jim Bausch</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1936</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Morris" title="Glenn Morris">Glenn Morris</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1948</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mathias" title="Bob Mathias">Bob Mathias</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1952</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mathias" title="Bob Mathias">Bob Mathias</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1956</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Milt_Campbell" title="Milt Campbell">Milt Campbell</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1960</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rafer_Johnson" title="Rafer Johnson">Rafer Johnson</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1964</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg/22px-German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg/33px-German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg/44px-German_Olympic_flag_%281959-1968%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Willi_Holdorf" title="Willi Holdorf">Willi Holdorf</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_Team_of_Germany_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics">EUA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1968</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Toomey" title="Bill Toomey">Bill Toomey</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1972</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mykola_Avilov" title="Mykola Avilov">Mykola Avilov</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics">URS</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1976</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner" title="Caitlyn Jenner">Bruce Jenner</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1980</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/33px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/44px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daley_Thompson" title="Daley Thompson">Daley Thompson</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1984</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daley_Thompson" title="Daley Thompson">Daley Thompson</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics">GBR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1988</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_East_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_East_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Schenk" title="Christian Schenk">Christian Schenk</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics" title="East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics">GDR</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1992</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Zm%C4%9Bl%C3%ADk" title="Robert Změlík">Robert Změlík</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Summer Olympics">TCH</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">1996</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dan_O%27Brien" title="Dan O'Brien">Dan O'Brien</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2000</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Erki_Nool" title="Erki Nool">Erki Nool</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Estonia at the 2000 Summer Olympics">EST</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2004</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Roman_%C5%A0ebrle" title="Roman Šebrle">Roman Šebrle</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Czech Republic at the 2004 Summer Olympics">CZE</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2008</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Clay" title="Bryan Clay">Bryan Clay</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2012</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Eaton" title="Ashton Eaton">Ashton Eaton</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2016</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Eaton" title="Ashton Eaton">Ashton Eaton</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics">USA</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2020</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Damian_Warner" title="Damian Warner">Damian Warner</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics">CAN</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon" title="Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon">2024</a>: <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/33px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/44px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Markus_Rooth" title="Markus Rooth">Markus Rooth</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(<a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics" title="Norway at the 2024 Summer Olympics">NOR</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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