 Family  Education  College Athletics  Olympics  Professional Career  Baseball  Football  Legacy

 Born James Francis Thorpe on May 28, 1887 in Indian territory  Prague, Oklahoma  Native name: “Wa-Tho-Huk”  Translation – “Bright path”

 Father  Hiram Thorpe  Irish  Mother  Charlotte Vieux  Sac and Fox Indian  Siblings  Twin brother Charlie  Died at age 9  1st Wife  Iva Miller  Children with Iva  Jim Jr, Gale, Charlotte, and Grace  2nd Wife  Freeda V. Kirkpatrick  Children with Freeda  Carl, William, Richard, and John  Last Wife  Patricia Askew

 Jim with 2 nd wife Freeda and children Richard, William, and Carl

 Sauk and Fox Reservation School  Stroud, Oklahoma  Haskell Institution for Indians  Lawrence, Kansas  Carlisle Industrial Indian School (Age 16)  Carlisle, Pennsylvania Maltby, Marc S. "Thorpe, Jim." American National Biography Online. Feb Web. 06 Oct

 Carlise – 1907  Beat the schools high jump record  1911  Nation wide attention as RB, DB, PK, and P  1912  Led team to National Championship  25 TD’s and 125 points  Made All-American team in 1911 and 1912 Jenkins, Sally. "Jim Thorpe - All American." Jim Thorpe - All American. N.p., 06 Oct Web. 02 Oct

Running track at Carlisle

 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm  Pentathlon (long-jump, javelin, 200m dash, discus, and 1500m run)  Decathlon (100m, 220m, 440m dashes, mile, hurdles, long-jump, pole vault, put shot, javelin discus)  Olympic record of 8,413 points  Stood for nearly 2 decades  Won GOLD in both events "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct

 Thorpe admitted to playing professional baseball in Eastern Carolina League  In 1913, Thorpe’s Medals and Records were taken away  Corrupted amateur status by playing semi-pro baseball  Gained Professional offers " Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct

 Played 5 Professional seasons with 3 different teams ( )  New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves  Played 289 games  He continued to play minor league baseball until 1922 Maltby, Marc S. "Thorpe, Jim." American National Biography Online. Feb Web. 06 Oct

 Played for six different teams from  Canton Bulldogs  Championship in 1916, 1917, 1919  First president of American Professional Football Association (APFA)  Became NFL soon after  Retired from football at age 41

 Struggled to provide for his family  Could not keep non-sports related job  Played as an extra in several movies  Held various other jobs  Construction worker, Bouncer, Security guard, Ditch-digger, and US Merchant Marine  Ran out of money in 1950  Patricia, last wife, was forced to beg for money "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct

 Jim Thorpe, PA was dedicated to him and his accomplishments  Thorpe Monument  Introduced into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963  Associated Press named him “greatest American football player” of the first half of the century

Justin Eckert

 "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct  Maltby, Marc S. "Thorpe, Jim." American National Biography Online. Feb Web. 06 Oct  Jenkins, Sally. "Jim Thorpe - All American." Jim Thorpe - All American. N.p., 06 Oct Web. 02 Oct