Arguably one of the greatest athletes to have ever lived, Jim Thorpe ... s first gold medal winner. Jack Spellman was the lone wrestler who embarked on a football career after the Olympics.

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.

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 ...

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 was arguably the greatest ... The punishment was savage. Thorpe's records were eliminated from the books, his gold medals taken away and he died a miserable death as an alcoholic ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest ... The punishment was savage. Thorpe's records were eliminated from the books, his gold medals taken away and he died a miserable death as an alcoholic ...