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Jim Thorpe: Worlds Greatest Athelete
Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian. After attending the...
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Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian. After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, he transferred to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. At Carlisle he led the football team to victories over some of the nation's best college teams-Army, Navy, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska. In 1912 he participated in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, winning both the decathlon and pentathlon. It was then that King Gustav V of Sweden dubbed him "the world's greatest athlete."
Between 1913 and 1919, Thorpe played professional baseball for the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Boston Braves. In 1915 he began playing professional football with the Canton (Ohio) Bulldogs. When the top teams were organized into the American Professional Football Association in 1920, Thorpe was named the first president of the league, which was renamed the National Football League in 1922. Throughout his career he excelled in every sport he played, earning King Gustav's accolade many times over.
Author: Robert W. Wheeler
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 05/15/1981
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.44w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780806117454
About the Author
Wheeler, Robert W.: -
Robert W. Wheeler, Emmy Award winner, was founder and president of the Jim Thorpe Foundation. Sports Illustrated credits him with primary responsibility for the restoration of Thorpe's Olympic gold medals in 1982. He has his own public relations firm, Wheeler/Ridlon Communications and has also managed public relations for ABC Sports, FOX Sports, and the White House Conference for Children and Youth. He holds degrees in History and Education from Syracuse University and New York University.
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