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Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe. Overview. Family Education College Athletics Olympics Professional Career Baseball Football Legacy. Background Info. Born James Francis Thorpe on May 28, 1887 in Indian territory Prague, Oklahoma Native name: “ Wa-Tho-Huk ” Translation – “Bright path”. Family Life.

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Jim Thorpe

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  1. Jim Thorpe

  2. Overview • Family • Education • College Athletics • Olympics • Professional Career • Baseball • Football • Legacy

  3. Background Info • Born James Francis Thorpe on May 28, 1887 in Indian territory • Prague, Oklahoma • Native name: “Wa-Tho-Huk” • Translation – “Bright path”

  4. Family Life • Father • Hiram Thorpe • Irish • Mother • Charlotte Vieux • Sac and Fox Indian • Siblings • Twin brother Charlie • Died at age 9 • 1st Wife • Iva Miller • Children with Iva • Jim Jr, Gale, Charlotte, and Grace • 2nd Wife • FreedaV. Kirkpatrick • Children with Freeda • Carl, William, Richard, and John • Last Wife • Patricia Askew

  5. Jim with 2nd wife Freeda and children Richard, William, and Carl

  6. Education • Sauk and Fox Reservation School • Stroud, Oklahoma • Haskell Institution for Indians • Lawrence, Kansas • Carlisle Industrial Indian School (Age 16) • Carlisle, Pennsylvania Maltby, Marc S. "Thorpe, Jim." American National Biography Online. Feb. 2000. Web. 06 Oct. 2012. <http://www.anb.org/articles/19/19-00218.html>.

  7. College Athletics • Carlise – 1907 • Beat the schools high jump record • 1911 • Nation wide attention as RB, DB, PK, and P • 1912 • Led team to National Championship • 25 TD’s and 125 points • Made All-American team in 1911 and 1912 Jenkins, Sally. "Jim Thorpe - All American." Jim Thorpe - All American. N.p., 06 Oct. 2012. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. <http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/all_american/page88.html>.

  8. Running track at Carlisle

  9. Olympic Career • 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm • Pentathlon (long-jump, javelin, 200m dash, discus, and 1500m run) • Decathlon (100m, 220m, 440m dashes, mile, hurdles, long-jump, pole vault, put shot, javelin discus) • Olympic record of 8,413 points • Stood for nearly 2 decades • Won GOLD in both events "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/index.html>.

  10. Controversy • Thorpe admitted to playing professional baseball in Eastern Carolina League • In 1913, Thorpe’s Medals and Records were taken away • Corrupted amateur status by playing semi-pro baseball • Gained Professional offers "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/index.html>.

  11. Professional Career

  12. Baseball • Played 5 Professional seasons with 3 different teams (1913-1919) • New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves • Played 289 games • He continued to play minor league baseball until 1922 Maltby, Marc S. "Thorpe, Jim." American National Biography Online. Feb. 2000. Web. 06 Oct. 2012. <http://www.anb.org/articles/19/19-00218.html>.

  13. Football • Played for six different teams from 1920-1928 • Canton Bulldogs • Championship in 1916, 1917, 1919 • First president of American Professional Football Association (APFA) • Became NFL soon after • Retired from football at age 41

  14. Life After Sport • Struggled to provide for his family • Could not keep non-sports related job • Played as an extra in several movies • Held various other jobs • Construction worker, Bouncer, Security guard, Ditch-digger, and US Merchant Marine • Ran out of money in 1950 • Patricia, last wife, was forced to beg for money "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/index.html>.

  15. Legacy • Jim Thorpe, PA was dedicated to him and his accomplishments • Thorpe Monument • Introduced into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963 • Associated Press named him “greatest American football player” of the first half of the century

  16. Q and A Justin Eckert joe5064@psu.edu

  17. Works Cited • "Jim Thorpe The World's Greatest Athlete." CMG. Estate of Jim Thorpe. Web. 05 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/index.html>. • Maltby, Marc S. "Thorpe, Jim." American National Biography Online. Feb. 2000. Web. 06 Oct. 2012. <http://www.anb.org/articles/19/19-00218.html>. • Jenkins, Sally. "Jim Thorpe - All American." Jim Thorpe - All American. N.p., 06 Oct. 2012. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. <http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/all_american/page88.html>.

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