Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953

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Jim Thorpe, also known as James Francis Thorpe, also known as Wa-Tho-Huk, (b. May 22 or 28, 1887, Prague Indian Territory, Oklahoma-d. March 28, 1953, Lomita, California) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball.
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referencedIn Photograph of Jim Thorpe with Admirers National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Freeman C. Johnson papers, 1873-1969 (1920-1969). Rochester Museum & Science Center
referencedIn George "Hooks" Wiltse 1913-1914 world tour photograph album : photograph album, 1913-1914. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
referencedIn [Player File. Thorpe, James Francis, 1913- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.]. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Student Records. 1879 - 1918. Jim Thorpe Student File. 1904 - 1915. Student Information Card for Jim Thorpe National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Grace F. Thorpe Collection National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
referencedIn Lila H. Connolly Papers U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Student Records. 1879 - 1918. Jim Thorpe Student File National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Wheaties cereal boxes featuring Jim Thorpe National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
referencedIn Jim Thorpe Commission. [Jim Thorpe commemorative medal] [realia]. Arizona State University Libraries
referencedIn Records of the Domestic Policy Staff (Carter Administration). 1976 - 1981. Robert Berenson's Subject Files. 1977 - 1981. Olympics - Jim Thorpe, 9/79 - 10/80 Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Wadsworth, Frances Laughlin, 1909-1978. Papers, 1944-1968. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Whitman, Robert L. (Robert Lowell), 1940-. Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians collection, 1922-1997. Marion County Historical Society
referencedIn Photographs of Princess Atalie Unkalunt collection National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Selected Documents Removed From Carlisle Indian Industrial School Student Records and Post 1880 Letters Received National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Baseball Heros : scrapbook, 1910-1916. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
referencedIn Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Photograph of Jim Thorpe National Archives at Washington, D.C
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associatedWith Connolly, Lila H. person
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Birth 1888-05-28

Death 1953-03-28

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