"I grew up always hearing about Jim Thorpe as not just the greatest ballplayer, the greatest athlete of all time," Biden said during the ceremony. "(My grandfather) talked about him all the time.
Jim Thorpe went on to become the first Native American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and is considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Thorpe, winner of the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon and a two-time All-American running back ... you are the greatest athlete in the world." Thorpe reportedly replied, "Thanks, king." ...
Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (OSHOF) and Jim Thorpe Association is proud to release the finalists for the 2024 Paycom Jim ...
In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those ... where King Gustaf V had declared him the greatest athlete in the world. In his ample and annotated biography, David Maraniss shows that Thorpe was ...
Though it doesn’t often turn up in their hagiographies, the greatest, most revered athletes ... t do it all. If there were ...
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When an American Indian named Jim Thorpe won the gold medal ... sir, are the greatest athlete in the world." ("Thanks, King," Thorpe is rumored to have responded.) Exactly 100 years later, at ...
In 1954, it took on its current title after the famous Olympian and Native American athlete ... Today, Jim Thorpe is one of the most charming towns in the Poconos, if not all of Pennsylvania.
The bill, authored by Representative Doyle Heffley (R-Carbon County), would designate May 28, 2025, as Jim Thorpe Day in ... voted as America’s Greatest All-Around Athlete and named ABC ...