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 ...

On Friday, the man the town is named for will receive the country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

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 ...

Jim Thorpe and Phil Donahue ... his admiration for Thorpe — The first Native American to win an Olympic Gold Medal. “He set world records in the Decathlon, was a professional football ...

Besides the gold medals, Thorpe received a jewel-encrusted ... the two small Pennsylvania towns combined into one and was renamed Jim Thorpe.

More than 500 people – including NFL and college football players – attended the 39th Annual Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet.

the third U.S. athlete with medals in both Olympic Games, and the United States go for gold against Japan on Saturday.

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round ... Thorpe's records were eliminated from the books, his gold medals taken away and he died a miserable death as an alcoholic in a Californian ...

Jim Thorpe's story- he was stripped of his medals but they were reinstated 75 ... Athletes who missed out on certain gold consider whether the protest was worth it.

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round ... Thorpe's records were eliminated from the books, his gold medals taken away and he died a miserable death as an alcoholic in a Californian ...