Jim thorpe biography olympics

Jim thorpe olympics

James Francis Thorpe (Meskwaki: Wa-Tho-Huk, May 22 or 28, – March 28, ) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

jim thorpe biography olympics

Jim thorpe olympic medals

An All-American in football at the Carlisle Indian School, Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympics before his gold medals were revoked on a .


Jim thorpe death

Thorpe's fame had followed him to the Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, where he would compete against the best athletes of the time in both the pentathlon-introduced that year by .
Jim thorpe height
Born in a cabin in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), the Sauk (or Sac) and Fox Indian athlete Jim Thorpe began a climb to fame in as a college track-and-field and football star at Carlisle .