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Jim Thorpe
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Jim Thorpe
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Acting
Birthday
1887-05-22,Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) 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 the United States. 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. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals. Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, and attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time All-American for the school's football team. After his Olympic success in 1912, which included a record score in the decathlon, he added a victory in the All-Around Championship of the Amateur Athletic Union. In 1913, Thorpe signed with the New York Giants, and he played six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919. Thorpe joined the Canton Bulldogs American football team in 1915, helping them win three professional championships; he later played for six teams in the National Football League (NFL). He played as part of several all-American Indian teams throughout his career, and barnstormed as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians. From 1920 to 1921, Thorpe was nominally the first president of the American Professional Football Association (APFA), which became the NFL in 1922. He played professional sports until age 41, the end of his sports career coinciding with the start of the Great Depression. He struggled to earn a living after that, working several odd jobs. He suffered from alcoholism, and lived his last years in failing health and poverty. He was married three times and had eight children, before suffering from heart failure and dying in 1953. Thorpe has received various accolades for his athletic accomplishments. The Associated Press named him the "greatest athlete" from the first 50 years of the 20th century, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted him as part of its inaugural class in 1963. A Pennsylvania town was named in his honor and a monument site there is the site of his remains, which were the subject of legal action. Thorpe appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe – All-American.

Filmography

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Off His Base
1932-09-18

6.704

Wagon Master
1950-04-22

7.2

The Dark Horse
1932-06-16

The Man from Texas

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The Man from Texas
1939-04-19

4.5

Frontier Scout
1938-09-16

5.5

Air Mail
1932-11-03

Code of the Mounted

5

Code of the Mounted
1935-06-07

5.8

Sweepings
1933-04-14

Wildcat Trooper

4.5

Wildcat Trooper
1936-07-01

My Pal, the King

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My Pal, the King
1932-04-03

4

Hill-Tillies
1936-04-24

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Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01

7

Start Cheering
1938-03-03

Treachery Rides the Range

1

Treachery Rides the Range
1936-05-02

Henry Goes Arizona

6

Henry Goes Arizona
1939-12-08

6.4

Klondike Annie
1936-02-21

4

The Red Rider
1934-07-16

7.7

White Heat
1949-09-02

The Daring Young Man

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The Daring Young Man
1935-07-17

0

Trailin' West
1936-09-04

Moonlight on the Prairie

5.5

Moonlight on the Prairie
1935-11-02

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The Arizonian
1935-06-27

It's in the Air

5

It's in the Air
1935-10-10

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

5.8

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935-12-07

The Vampire's Ghost

5.2

The Vampire's Ghost
1945-04-13

8

Silly Billies
1936-03-20

Arizona Frontier

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Arizona Frontier
1940-08-19

0

Outlaw Trail
1944-04-29

Prairie Schooners

6

Prairie Schooners
1940-09-29

Wild Horse Mesa

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Wild Horse Mesa
1932-11-25

Rustlers of Red Dog

8

Rustlers of Red Dog
1935-01-01

They Died with Their Boots On

6.593

They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20

Mexican Spitfire Out West

4.6

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29

7.2

Captain Blood
1935-12-26

7.4

Big City
1937-09-03

7

Fighting Youth
1935-11-01

The Last Days of Pompeii

5.6

The Last Days of Pompeii
1935-10-18

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

5.8

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935-12-07

The Ivory-Handled Gun

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The Ivory-Handled Gun
1935-11-11

6.619

Road to Utopia
1946-02-27

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Always Kickin'
1932-10-09

Wanderer of the Wasteland

5

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935-09-09