Thorpe, Jim | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
Student information card of Jim Thorpe (here James Thorpe), a member of the Sac & Fox Nation, who entered the school on February 6, 1904 and departed on June 14, 1909. Other records show that he later reenrolled at the school in September 1911 and ultimately departed on …
Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia
Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Indian Territory (what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma). As a youth, he attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was a two-time All-American for the school's football team under coach Pop Warner.
The Jim Thorpe Backlash: The Olympic Medals Debacle And …
Just seven months after Thorpe’s Olympic glory, a media scandal over his amateur standing cost him his gold medals and led to the demise of the Carlisle Indian School. Thorpe’s vindication came only 70 years later.
Jim Thorpe - Children, Facts & Career - Biography
2014年4月2日 · An All-American in football at the Carlisle Indian School, Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics before his gold medals were revoked on a technicality.
Jim Thorpe’s Carlisle Indians defeat Dwight D. Eisenhower
2016年11月9日 · On this day in 1912, the Carlisle Indian School (Pennsylvania) faced off against college football powerhouse Army. On one side stood a team captained by football legend Jim Thorpe that used its speed and ingenuity to achieve a 9-0-1 record going into the game.
Thorpe, Jim | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
The description reads: Jim Thorpe, the wonderful Sac and Fox Indian youth of the Carlisle School, who is picked by many to win the tryout for the American Olympic game in the Pentathlon all-around event at Celtic Park, New York, Saturday. Thorpe has done the 100-yard…
BOOK REVIEW: 'Undefeated: Jim Thorpe And The Carlisle Indian School ...
2024年12月21日 · The Sac and Fox agent arranged for Thorpe’s enrollment in the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pa. The 15-year-old Thorpe arrived in Carlisle on February 6, 1904.
Jim Thorpe Student File | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource …
Student file of Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, who entered the school on February 6, 1904 and ultimately departed on February 1, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered.
Jim Thorpe, Athlete of the Century - carlisleindianschool.com
YOU, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world,” said King Gustav of Sweden, as he crowned James Thorpe, the American Indian of the Carlisle Indian School, with the laurel wreath of victory, and presented to him a beautiful bronze bust of himself, made by the leading sculptor of Sweden.
JIM THORPE - CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (1887-1953). Born May 28, 1887, near Prague, Oklahoma. Tribal: Sac & Fox mother, Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma. Raised in Sac & Fox community. Education: Carlisle Industrial School, Pennsylvania. Nicknames: "World's Greatest Athlete". Sports: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Track & Field.