cowroof.pages.dev

Where was jim thorpe born

    •

Jim Thorpe

American athlete (1887–1953)

This article is about the American athlete. For other uses, see Jim Thorpe (disambiguation)."Bright Path" redirects here. For the 1940 Soviet film, see Tanya (1940 film). For the Kazakhstani economic stimulus plan, see Nurly Zhol.

Jim Thorpe

Thorpe in 1913

Born

James Francis Thorpe


May 22 or 28, 1887

Near Prague, Oklahoma, U.S.[a]

DiedMarch 28, 1953(1953-03-28) (aged 65)

Lomita, California, U.S.

NationalitySac and Fox Nation, American

American football player

American football career

Thorpe with the Canton Bulldogs, c. 1915 – c. 1920

Position:Tailback
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:202 lb (92 kg)
High school:Carlisle Indian Industrial (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)
College:Carlisle (1907–1908, 1911–1912)
  • Oorang Indians (1922–1923)
    General manager
  • Tampa Cardinals (1926)
    Owner & general manager
As a player
As a coach
Career:NFL: 14–25–2 (.366)
Ohio League: 32–3–2 (.892)
Over
    •

Imagine it’s the summer of 1912 in the beautiful country of Sweden. It’s the Summer Olympics games and athletes have traveled across the world to come to Sweden to compete. The stands in the stadium are full of excited onlookers. The next event is a sprint and all of the runners are lining up to start the race. But you notice one is missing. It’s the athlete from the United States, Jim Thorpe. You’ve seen him compete in several events that day and do very well. You were hoping to see him race in this event. Is he going to miss the race? Where is he? Suddenly, he comes running out onto the track, but something isn’t quite right. One of his shoes is very big and the other shoe is very small! How is he going to compete in this race with mismatched shoes? The gun goes off and the race is on. Jim Thorpe is your favorite athlete today, so you cheer him on. But he’s behind. “Go Jim, go!” You shout. After the first few laps he is still behind … but wait … it’s the fourth lap and he’s gaining speed. He’s pushing again. “You can do it! You can do it!” Suddenly, Jim Thorpe is at the head of

    •

Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe

  • The art of the biographer requires a jeweler’s eye, and a birder’s ear; the tenacity of a cold-case detective, and the curiosity of the great explorers. Also, compassion for the subjects upon whom he sets his indefatigable sights. Athletes, coaches, presidents, fathers, David Maraniss does them all justice. None of his subjects deserves that more than Jim Thorpe, the great Olympic champion, who was anointed America’s greatest athlete by a country that denied him, and his indigenous people, citizenship. In “Path Lit by Lightning” Maraniss rescues him from myth and prejudice, restoring something far more consequential than the Olympic medals stolen from him by small men — his humanity. This is another masterpiece from the master.

    Jane Leavy, author of The Big Fella and Koufax

  • Path Lit By Lightning is a flat-out masterpiece. The story of Jim Thorpe, one of America’s greatest and most misunderstood heroes, is told in riveting detail by David Maraniss, one of our greatest biographers. The result is a portrait as

    • Copyright ©cowroof.pages.dev 2025