If there were ever a historical exception to that, though, it was Jim Thorpe ... class,” Olympic historian Bill Mallon said to Smithsonian Magazine in 2012. “If you look at old pictures ...

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 won two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics wearing different shoes and socks The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reinstated Jim Thorpe as the winner of the Stockholm ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...