More: LeBron James' production company working on new History Channel documentary on Jim Thorpe Thorpe was the first Native ...

If there were ever a historical exception to that, though, it was Jim Thorpe ... Athletic Union stripped Thorpe of his gold medals and removed his name from Olympics record books.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities, past crowds of people straining to see him. He had just won gold medals for both the pentathlon and the decathlon at the Olympic ...

Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. But that was merely an ... field star for the first half of century, outpolling Jim Thorpe by almost three to one. In 1976, President Ford ...

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And it sounds like he's very optimistic, even. Exactly. One of the saddest things about Jim Thorpe is that he won the Olympic medals in 1912, but he had played baseball briefly for money ...

Show more This special programme explores the sad and controversial life of Jim Thorpe - the American Indian who was the star of the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, where the Swedish King famously ...

Shawnee Public Schools hosted a memorable Jim Thorpe Night during the Shawnee Wolves football game Friday, celebrating Native ...

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich ... and field star for the first half of century, outpolling Jim Thorpe by almost three to one. In 1976, President Ford presented ...