More: LeBron James' production company working on new History Channel documentary on Jim Thorpe Thorpe was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. He’s also known as the country ...

The exact date of Jim Thorpe’s birth is unknown, but it is generally believed that the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States—regarded by many as one of the ...

Jim Thorpe, who was Sac and Fox, was born in Prague, Oklahoma and in 1912 became the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal. He is among 18 others who will receive the Medal of Freedom ...

Pro Football Hall of Famer JIM THORPE has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for ...

In addition to his legendary performance on the football field, Thorpe played professional baseball and won Olympic gold ...

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In 44 games that Jim Thorpe played for Carlisle, he had 53 touchdowns. He would finish this season with 25 touchdowns and 198 ...

Jim Thorpe is a household name for many sports fans ... of Major League Baseball in the years after he became the first Native American to win a gold medal, when he won both the decathlon and ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reinstated Jim Thorpe as the winner of the Stockholm 1912 Olympics’ decathlon and pentathlon. The decision overturns a controversy that has hung ...

Besides the gold medals, Thorpe received a jewel-encrusted ... the two small Pennsylvania towns combined into one and was renamed Jim Thorpe.

"I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals ... and field star for the first half of century, outpolling Jim Thorpe by almost three to one. In 1976, President Ford presented ...

In addition to his legendary performance on the football field, Thorpe played professional baseball and won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon. The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award is ...