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James Francis "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 28, 1888 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete of Native American and European ancestry. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals for the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, played American football (collegiate and professional), and also played professional baseball and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals.Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma. He played as part of several All-American Indian teams throughout his career, and "barnstormed" as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians.From 1920 to 1921, Thorpe was nominally the first president of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which would become the National Football League (NFL) in 1922.He played professional sports until age 41, the end of his sports career coinciding with the start of the Great Depression. Thorpe struggled to earn a living after that, working several odd jobs. Thorpe suffered from alcoholism, and lived his last years in failing health and poverty.In a poll of sports fans conducted by ABC Sports, Thorpe was voted the Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century out of 15 other athletes including Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Wayne Gretzky, Jack Nicklaus, and Michael Jordan.
| Full Name | Jim Thorpe |
| Net Worth | $15 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 22, 1887 |
| Died | March 28, 1953, Lomita, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA |
| Height | 1.85 m |
| Weight | 92 kg |
| Profession | Actor, Sailor, Baseball player, American football player |
| Work Position | Jim Thorpe – awards and honors |
| Education | Haskell Indian Nations University, Carlisle Indian Industrial School |
| Spouse | Patricia Askew, Freeda V. Kirkpatrick, Iva Miller |
| Children | Grace Thorpe, John "Jack" Thorpe, Richard Thorpe, Gale Thorpe, Carl Thorpe, William Thorpe, Jim Thorpe Jr., Charlotte Thorpe |
| Parents | Hiram Thorpe, Charlotte Vieux |
| Siblings | Charlie Thorpe |
| Nicknames | Jim Thorpe, Thorpe, Jim |
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| Awards | SI's All-time College All-Stars |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
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| 1 | He died in his trailer home in Lomita, CA. Thorpe was eating dinner with his wife, Patricia, when he suffered a heart attack. Patricia's screams attracted a neighbor, Colby Bradshaw, who administered artificial respiration for nearly half an hour. A county fire rescue squad took over and was momentarily successful. He revived, recognized persons around him and spoke to them. Thorpe was conscious for only a brief time before he suffered a relapse and died. |
| 2 | Inducted into the San Pedro [California] Sportswalk to the Waterfront. |
| 3 | Inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972 (inaugural class). |
| 4 | Inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. The hall of fame is administered by The Jim Thorpe Association. |
| 5 | The Jim Thorpe Award has been presented annually by The Jim Thorpe Association to the best defensive back in college football since 1986. |
| 6 | After he died in 1953, the town of Mauck Chunk, Pennsylvania, in exchange for the right to bury his body, offered to change its name to Jim Thorpe, PA. A movement has since been started to have his body returned to its native Oklahoma. |
| 7 | In addition to his many athletic accomplishments, he also won the 1912 Intercollegiate Ballroom Dancing Championship. |
| 8 | According to "Peanuts and Crackerjack", a book of baseball anecdotes, while the early twentieth-century New York Giants teams were fun-loving, nobody dared to try to mess with Jim Thorpe. Thorpe was described as a man with a "gold medal temper" with brute strength to back it up. One teammate described Thorpe fighting a man as a dog would grab a rat. |
| 9 | Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 (charter class). |
| 10 | Had a twin brother, Charles Thorpe, who died of pneumonia at the age of nine. Jim loved his brother and never ceased to mourn him. |
| 11 | Of combined Irish and Native American (Sac and Fox) ancestry. |
| 12 | Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983 (charter member). |
| 13 | The Olympic medals which were stripped from him during his professional career were returned to his family in the early 1990s. |
| 14 | His Native American name was Wathahuck (Bright Path). |
| 15 | Halfback for the Canton Bulldogs (1915-1920,1926), Cleveland Indians (1921), Oorang Indians (1922-1923), Rock Island Independent (1924), New York Giants (1925) and Chicago Cardinals (1928). |
| 16 | Outfielder for the New York Giants (1913-1915, 1917-1919), Cincinnati Reds (1917) and Boston Braves (1919). |
| 17 | Charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. |
| 18 | Pictured on one of fifteen 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the "Celebrate the Century" series, issued 3 February 1998, celebrating the 1910s; honored for his accomplishments in the 1912 Olympics. |
| 19 | Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 24 May 1984. |
| 20 | Named America's greatest athlete of the first half of the twentieth century. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Dark Horse | 1932 | | Blackfeet Indian Chief (uncredited) |
| Battling with Buffalo Bill | 1931 | | Swift Arrow [Chs. 9-12] |
| Touchdown! | 1931 | | Football Player (uncredited) |
| Wagon Master | 1950 | | Navajo Indian |
| White Heat | 1949 | | Big Convict (uncredited) |
| Yes Sir, That's My Baby | 1949 | | Assistant Coach (uncredited) |
| Road to Utopia | 1945 | | Collins - Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
| The Vampire's Ghost | 1945 | | Native (uncredited) |
| Beyond the Pecos | 1945 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Outlaw Trail | 1944 | | Henchman Spike |
| Outlaws of Santa Fe | 1944 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
| They Died with Their Boots On | 1941 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| Meet John Doe | 1941 | | John Doe Applicant (uncredited) |
| Prairie Spooners | 1941 | Short | Indian |
| Mexican Spitfire Out West | 1940 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| Prairie Schooners | 1940 | | Chief Sanche |
| Arizona Frontier | 1940 | | Gray Cloud |
| Henry Goes Arizona | 1939 | | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Man of Conquest | 1939 | | Cherokee Indian (uncredited) |
| The Man from Texas | 1939 | | Posse Rider |
| Frontier Scout | 1938 | | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Start Cheering | 1938 | | Head Linesman (uncredited) |
| Cattle Raiders | 1938 | | Trial Spectator (uncredited) |
| Born to the West | 1937 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 52nd Street | 1937 | | Street Thug (uncredited) |
| Big City | 1937 | | |
| San Quentin | 1937 | | Convict (uncredited) |
| Pick a Star | 1937 | | Man in Audience at Talent Contest (uncredited) |
| Green Light | 1937 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| Trailin' West | 1936 | | Black Eagle |
| Yellowstone | 1936 | | George (uncredited) |
| The Phantom Rider | 1936 | | Indian (Ch's 11,13) (uncredited) |
| Wildcat Trooper | 1936 | | Indian Fur Trapper |
| Treachery Rides the Range | 1936 | | Chief Red Smoke |
| Under Two Flags | 1936 | uncredited | |
| Hill-Tillies | 1936 | Short | 1st Indian |
| Silly Billies | 1936 | | Medicine Man (uncredited) |
| Sutter's Gold | 1936 | | Man (uncredited) |
| Klondike Annie | 1936 | | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Captain Blood | 1935 | | Pirate (uncredited) |
| La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | 1935 | Short | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
| The Ivory-Handled Gun | 1935 | | Henchman Jack (uncredited) |
| Moonlight on the Prairie | 1935 | | Henchman (uncredited) |
| Fighting Youth | 1935 | | Football Player from Carlisle (uncredited) |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1935 | | Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited) |
| Barbary Coast | 1935 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| It's in the Air | 1935 | | Indian Father (uncredited) |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1935 | | Charlie Jim |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| The Daring Young Man | 1935 | | Convict (uncredited) |
| She | 1935 | | Captain of the Guard (uncredited) |
| The Arizonian | 1935 | uncredited | |
| Alibi Ike | 1935 | | Major League Baseball Player (uncredited) |
| Code of the Mounted | 1935 | | Eagle Feather |
| The Miracle Rider | 1935 | | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
| One Run Elmer | 1935 | Short | Second Baseman (uncredited) |
| Under Pressure | 1935 | | Mucker (uncredited) |
| Rustlers of Red Dog | 1935 | | Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11] |
| Behold My Wife! | 1934 | | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
| The Red Rider | 1934 | | Bill Abel, Portos Henchman |
| Sweepings | 1933 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| King Kong | 1933 | | New York Theatergoer (uncredited) |
| Wild Horse Mesa | 1932 | | Indian Chief |
| Air Mail | 1932 | | Indian (uncredited) |
| The Golden West | 1932 | | Medicine Man (uncredited) |
| Always Kickin' | 1932 | Short | |
| White Eagle | 1932 | | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
| Off His Base | 1932 | Short | Jim Thorpe |
| Hold 'Em Jail | 1932 | | Football Player (uncredited) |
| My Pal, the King | 1932 | | Black Cloud (as James Thorpe) |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Jim Thorpe -- All-American | 1951 | biography - as James Thorpe | |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Jim Thorpe -- All-American | 1951 | technical advisor | |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Circle of Champions the History of Woman's Pro Wrestling | 2017 | Documentary in memory of pre-production | |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Texaco Star Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Himself - Athlete |
| The Baseball Revue of 1917 | 1917 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Giants-White Sox Tour | 1914 | Documentary short | Himself |
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