In addition to playing major-league baseball for six seasons, the 6-foor-1, 185-pound Thorpe was an Olympic champion in the pentathlon and decathlon and at one point the greatest American football player in history, according to a 1977 Sport magazine poll. Pop Warner football. And to kind of wrap up the whole Olympics saga that Jim Thorpe had, I don’t think I can even give it justice as far as telling you what he did. You know he was beside himself. Just you know, “I grew up on a reservation and I had some problems, and I don’t feel like dealing with you, so I’m just going to take all my anger and aggression on you”. 41 talking about this. He was a predominately American Indian, and this came from his mother’s side. The Swedish King Gustav would say to him this, “sir, you are the Greatest Athlete in the World.” And the best thing about it is Jim just said, “Thanks, King.” The guy, he was swagger, by far the most athletically gifted person of the time. You know, they gotta see this horse. And he would end up having an illustrious college career, but one of his best games came against Harvard. She named him Wah-Tho-Huk, which translated into Bright Path. And he was Native American. They even called Jim a horse. He saved the best until last, however, producing an extraordinary performance in the decathlon, which comprised the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, discus, 110m hurdles, pole vault, javelin and the 1,500m. Who was a descendant of Sauk and Fox Chief, Black Hawk. The purpose of this organization is to recognize outstanding athletic achievements contributing to the sports history of the Jim Thorpe Area. Jim Thorpe was a legend during his time, and most of us know the name today, more than 100 years after he was given the nickname of “World’s Greatest Athlete.”. And here’s a quote from his son from that ESPN Classic video. There was not even a person that had a chance as far as athletic, just pure raw talent. Well this horse, the Minotaur, he would end up coming home after the Olympics being praised beyond belief. When a report appeared in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette stating as much, it was deemed that Thorpe had infringed the rules regarding amateurism, and at the start of 1913 he was stripped of his Olympic titles. Jim Thorpe 4, Notre Dame-ES 1 Singles: Connor Rodgers (JT) def. 272 likes. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I’m not like one of these guys. He played halfback, placekicker, punter, and defender. ). You’re in.” In that ESPN Classic video, it’s possible he was one of the only guys, if not the only guy in the history of American Olympics to not have to go through the trials. It was one of those things was the whole time you’re there. He would like he was a monster, like a Minotaur or something like that. He had 1,860 rushing yards on 191 attempts. The Jim Thorpe Area School District offers many sports programs over the school year. There was a quote from Frank Zarnowski, the author of The Decathlon, and it went as such. And the first track and field match he had without any prior experience, Jim Thorpe went out and won 7 gold and 1 bronze. We’ll get into that next week. I think the only thing we could have done was watch how much more of a dominant person he was. That’s all.” So Pop Warner says, “you’re hired for the team.”. So then Pop stops the practice. The junior high and varsity wrestling team at Jim Thorpe (PA) Area High School. Born to parents who were half Native American, and brought up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma under the name Wa-Tho-Huk, which means “Bright Path”, Thorpe played a number of sports at the highest level through to the late 1920s. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (Jim Thorpe Association, Inc.) is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. So basically, the story goes that Jim Thorpe went to these Olympic trials. And that ESPN video we talked about kind of described this Carlisle Indian school was like a prison for these kids. Jim became the star of the track team, the baseball team, the hockey team, the basketball team, the lacrosse team, and he was even excellent at ballroom dancing. More dominant at any kind of sport than you want to put him in. He proceeded to win 3 of the 5 pentathlon events, and they told him “hey, you don’t even have to do these trials anymore. So basically by the 4th event out of 10, it was pretty much over. Physically talented and gifted. This is a 2-part series podcast of Jim Thorpe on The Football History Dude podcast. According to the ESPN Classic video that I saw, and I’m going to provide links to you. Game Summary JIM THORPE (3) — Hurley lf-2b 4 0 0 0, Joyce 3b-lf 2 0 0 0, Wimmer c 0 0 0 0, Hubbard dh 2 0 0 0, Marykwas p-3b 3 0 1 0, Henkels cr 0 0 0 0, McHugh rf … But he also had like a bad reputation. So they all started to come to watch him compete. But where Jim would make his mark in college was in football. Even on the boat on the way over, there was an account where Mike Murphy found Jim in a hammock. But he was doing it back then when it wasn’t a thing. A town called Jim Thorpe Thorpe died from heart failure on 28 March 1953. I guess he had his eyes closed. They said he just looked at it and saw what they were doing. You see, this was the scene of the most decisive victory for the Native Americans in the Plains Indian War, which was a very long war. Jim Thorpe began his athletic career at Carlisle. He didn’t want to deal with it anymore. When he arrived in Stockholm, he was 5’11” and 185 pounds. Well, let’s say that’s a good way to begin to explain what he was when it came to him in track and field. “These guys would come charging in and Dad would just drop the ball and kick anybody that came close to him. In the first event, he wins the 100 meters. So I guess one day he said, “Here, here’s the duke. He proceeded to take those guys on the sidelines and ripped them a new one all up and down the scene, and said “You know what? He was an exotic looking American Indian, so he caught the eye of the Swedish fans. Yes, that’s right, it was General George S. Patton, one of the greatest military generals that this country ever produced. Gets through the entire defense all by himself. This is the dude who had never played football in his entire life and you’re going to let him run through all of you? If you look closely at Jim Thorpe's feet in this photo, you will notice that he's wearing different socks and shoes. Thorpe competed in track & field, football, baseball, lacrosse and won the 1912 Inter-Collegiate Ballroom Dancing Championship. I had a great interview with Steve Sheinkin, the author of the book covering Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian Team if you’re interested. Jim Thorpe was the greatest all-around athlete of the Deadball Era. 1 talking about this. But he had never competed in a decathlon in his entire life. Studied their approach and seeing what they were doing. But that wasn’t really the name that he recognized as a young boy. You’re like Olympics, what are you talking about here? In presenting Jim Thorpe with his two gold medals in Stockholm in July 1912, King Gustav V of Sweden, the patron of the Games of the V Olympiad, said to him: “You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.” The US track and field star of Native American ancestry had thrilled the Stockholm crowds with his exploits. He would bring the crowds. He had this neck like a linebacker and they said when he would walk through the field he would just puff his chest out. So you gotta say, there were not that many years between when America was still fighting with Native people of this land. … Under coach Warner, Jim played two years of football. You better step up, ship up, and you’re going to stop this guy.” So, Pop decides to give him the ball again. As I said, he was just by far and away from the best athlete on the field at any given point in time. Pretty much just won the entire meet for Carlisle without anyone else competing. Win your copy of the NFL Films All-Time Team 6-show box set. On 18 January 1983, some 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee officially reinstated Thorpe’s medals from the 1912 Games at an emotional ceremony attended by two of his children. They were going to use his fame and glory to try to put some traction into the NFL. And he ran for 173 yards, kicked 4 field goals, and the last one was a 48-yard field goal for the win. Who ended up winning the championship in the specific year I’m talking about? Here’s the football, man. You know, Carlisle, a little school. Sports Local Sports Jim Thorpe Lehighton Marian Northern Lehigh Northwestern Lehigh Palmerton Panther Valley Pleasant Valley Tamaqua Weatherly Columns Features On This Date Outdoors Photo Galleries Columns & Blogs They were trying to put him in these schools that would have him lose sight of his Native American heritage. See He won by 700 points, and that‘s kind of like winning 15-0 in a baseball game, or 45-0 in a football game.” Jim had 8,412 points out of a total 10,000 total possible. He began by winning the pentathlon (long jump, javelin, discus, 200m and 1,500m), coming home first in every event except for the javelin, and followed up by finishing fourth in the long jump and seventh in the high jump. So Jim was kind of this kid that was losing his way, didn’t quite understand in the world, and they spoke in the video how he still had that running with the feet and his heart to the ground. And he was on the boat, in fact, he was a teammate of Jim Thorpe, and they would compete together in the pentathlon. ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century – 2001 Track and Field Hall of Fame In 1950, the nation’s press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century From 1996-2001, he was The guy who could basically win every track meet by himself. As I said, he had this season after he came back from the Olympics. Jim Thorpe was a legend during his time, and most of us know the name today, more than 100 years after he was given the nickname of “World’s Greatest Athlete.” This is a 2-part series podcast of Jim Thorpe on The Football History Dude podcast. 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 … But later on in the next episode, we’re going to find out that this is a good thing, at least for you and me sitting here as NFL fans. Which is basically 100 years after the Declaration of Independence. In beating his nearest challenger – Sweden’s Hugo Wieslander – by nearly 700 points, he set a new world record of 8,412 points, which would stand until 1948. Carlisle was his college as well. For it was at the Olympics where Jim Thorpe would rise to become a world-renowned, international sports superstar. It was kind of like this coach was randomly wandering around and fell upon this “Lost City of Atlantis.” This mythical city that would just give you all this wealth and gold and whatever it is. He set 12 track and field records while competing for Carlisle. He was head and shoulders above the rest. It was pretty much just the wealthy families that would be able to take their kids and put them in college. But that was not what he was most famous for at this time. He was born on a reservation. He was the Alpha physical specimen. In 1931, he sold the film rights to There are many ways to earn entry to the contest. This is where we start the journey of Jim Thorpe, and what turned him from an Indian on a reservation into what would become the World’s Greatest Athlete. You take that ball, try to run through those guys, and we’ll see what you got.” So then Jim Thorpe proceeds to pop that ball in his, I don’t know if he was right-handed or left-handed, I guess we could figure it out. So then Pop Warner summoned Thorpe over. He was born 12 years after this battle. Kind of like through the trees or something. The second event, he wins the shot put, and he dominated. I guess maybe Usain Bolt, or something like that, where he was running and almost looked like he wanted to turn around and run backward waving to people. Out of this would come the legend of Jim Thorpe. So by the time you get to the 4th event, it was pretty much over. You can listen to both episodes below, and if you’re interested, we have the article of Jim’s life before his stint with the NFL below. Brian Jones discusses the Jim Thorpe award and the legacy the running back has left. Thorpe eventually retired from top-level sport at the age of 41 and promptly went into the movies, playing minor roles as a Native American in around 50 films through to the early 1950s. Pop Warner didn’t want him to play football, because he knew he had this star. … And most of you know it as the Battle of Little Big Horn, or you might also know it as the famous Custer’s Last Stand. The junior high and varsity wrestling team at Jim Thorpe (PA) Area High School. They would end up creating this unrealistic, bigger than life image, of Jim Thorpe. And Carlisle was the only team that ended up beating them. As I said, there was that war that was going on, and there wasn’t a whole lot of getting along back in 1888. And bring him more into the “American way of life.” It wasn’t just a grade school or high school. He just waltzed on over there, proceeded to get to the approach, jump, lean back, and clear the 5’8” mark. You want to talk about some football. He was just tough, coming from a poor background and a reservation and that kind of thing. For some reason, this Smithsonian article I was reading, said 2 of these games Thorpe played in. Thorpe also excelled on the football field and led Carlisle to the 1912 National Collegiate Championship. Nicknamed “The Switzerland of America”, the town that now bore his name became his last resting place. This guy went by the name George S. Patton. Over the years, supporters of Thorpe attempted to have his Olympic titles reinstated. With the Bulldogs he would play a part in the creation of the National Football League (NFL) and became its first president in 1920. He was just gifted athletically. See this is when the Olympic trials were being held in New York City. He would bring the money. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display, American athlete Jim Thorpe, the winner of the pentathlon and the decathlon at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games, Thorpe conquers all to become first great all-round Olympian. In 1950, Jim Thorpe was voted the greatest male athlete of the first half of the 20th Century. The video said they were still scoring this amount of points in the ’30s and ’40s, when maybe the athletes caught up to Jim, but not quite. Before and after his Olympic exploits, he pursued a career in track and field, played baseball and basketball, and became one of the first major stars of professional American football, making a name for himself with the Canton Bulldogs of Ohio, who proclaimed themselves “world champions” in 1916, 1917 and 1919. So he put some of these guys in the hospital. He was in magazines and penny novels and all sorts of things. Just some dude, a random guy. Because horses could pretty much run forever. And he is going to just stampede on the competition. But finally, he would give in. This was Jim Thorpe was born on a reservation, which we’re going to go ahead and take that DeLorean back to May 28th, 1888. Jim Thorpe (1887 – 1953) was a Native American athlete from Oklahoma and an Olympic gold medalist. And when he went to these schools he would run away. He had the IT factor, he had it going on. So then Pop said, “I guess you’re on the team then.”. They succeeded in having the AAU and United States Olympic Committee overturn its decision and restore Thorpe's amateur status before 1913. It was all the way up to college. Let’s go with that. “He dominated the first event in the decathlon, which was the 100 meters. Half-horse/half-man. KSTP Sports Created: April 16, 2021 12:14 PM Friday, the Minnesota Twins recalled left-handed pitcher Lewis Thorpe, who will start Friday night's … The dude was just a machine. You’re talking about these prissy pants, ya’ know always been given everything to the kind of kids. They’re like “we don’t want to waste your time guy.” Normally they were recruiting from colleges because at the time it was a little bit different. A funeral site was built on soil taken from his native Oklahoma and the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm, and features both his marble tomb and a monument inscribed with the famous words once uttered to him by the king of Sweden. So even though he couldn’t vote, he was bigger than the President of the United States at the time. So maybe what they called him earlier, the horse, was true. Most persistent were the author Robert Wheeler and his wife, Florence Ridlon. They managed to beat heavily-favored schools like Harvard and West Point. He said, “How did that guy who never played football run through my entire defense?”. This is one of those schools where they were trying to, what they said, bring out the Native American of him. Unsubscribe at any time. He happens to be athletically gifted and possibly more talented than anybody this famous coach had seen before. Thorpe died from heart failure on 28 March 1953. Better get out of the way. Also Known As: James Francis Thorpe, Wa-tho-huk (Native American name meaning "Bright Path"), and "The World's Greatest Athlete" Born: May 28, 1888 in Prague, Oklahoma Well, as I said, today is the day of our independence. Get more football history delivered to your inbox. He said, “Come here, son.” Of course, Jim probably thinking “am I getting in trouble?” Thinking I’m not supposed to be doing here, and all Pop could say was “Hey, son, you’ve only broken the school record in the high jump. So, again, of course, he was an All-American. His biggest college season ended up happening after he came back from the Olympics, where he led Carlisle to a 12-1-1 record. Check out some of the highlights of the 2018 Jim Thorpe Sports Days, won by the team from the U.S. Army War College. His partial Irish father just couldn’t understand what was going on. Stomps, smash, run go. And he’s just closing his eyes and envisioning it, which later on we call visualization and that kind of thing. He was 64. They weren’t super popular in the states yet. And they didn’t even need to show up”. But this is a football podcast, and you don’t want to talk about track and field all the time. Thorpe struggled to provide for his wife and eight children, finding it difficult to work a non-sports-related job. Associated Press named him the USA’s greatest athlete and American football player of the first half of the 20th century, while an ABC Sports You might as well have sent them to prison. And why am I talking about wars that happened all these years ago? And at the time the Olympics were kind of more a European thing. The crazy thing is 2 days after the track part was done; he played in some baseball games. Like you know, like a guy who was tough. In both seasons, Jim was name… Associated Press named him the USA’s greatest athlete and American football player of the first half of the 20th century, while an ABC Sports poll in 2000 ranked him as the best American athlete of the century. In 1950, the nation’s press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century and in 1996-2001, he was awarded ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century. But now we’re going to take the DeLorean to May of 1912. But part of the difference was he was just better than you. You know kind of like the “hold my beer” kind of thing. He would make College football just continue to grow ever so more. And we are in Little Big Horn valley. Pretty much the time when Jim Thorpe was recognized as a guy who might have some potential. In 1950, the nation’s press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century and in 1996-2001, he was awarded ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century. And this legendary coach went by the name of Glenn Pop Warner. And he was just sitting there. Jim Thorpe, byname of James Francis Thorpe, (born May 28, 1888, near Prague, Indian Territory [now in Oklahoma], U.S.—died March 28, 1953, Lomita, California), one of the most accomplished all-around athletes in history who in 1950 was selected by American sportswriters and broadcasters as the greatest American athlete and the greatest gridiron football player of the first half … They had horrible conditions. And part of that was the independence for all peoples, and the guy we’re going to talk about in this episode, Mr. Jim Thorpe. The current listing of sports are as follows: Fall Sports Cross Country Varsity Football JV Football Junior High Football Varsity Soccer (Boy's) So it was possible he was the first-ever 2,000-yard rusher in College, which would have been the first 2,000-yard rusher ever. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features He also had 25 touchdowns and 198 points scored for the Carlisle Indians that year. Mike’s like “dude, what are you doing here?” And Jim said, “I’m watching myself, I just cleared this high jump”. This is a football podcast. An interview with Jim Thorpe’s son, he said “pops could compete in 8 different events and win 6 or 7 or so and basically win the entire thing by himself. So after Jim wins the gold in the pentathlon, he’s all like “there isn’t no rest for the wicked man. But they had to go through Carlisle. So yeah, he was a little different. But he would pop that ball in his arm and he would end up running over the entire team. So they said dude, don’t even bother showing up. That guy. Yes, Pop Warner. You know, the upper class of society, and I’m holding my cup with my little finger in the air and that kind of thing. During this time, he struggled with alcoholism and found himself moving from job to job. The first major adversity Jim had to deal with was he had a twin brother that passed away at the age of 8. Like I’m calling the Minotaur, half-horse/half-man. He was one of Jim’s best friends. What’s the reason for it? There was a specific event that kept coming up in all the articles and videos and such. But before we get into the event that made Jim Thorpe go from a standout football player at a small college, to the world’s greatest athlete. We respect your privacy. Jim Thorpe Wrestling, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Jeremy Torres, 6-0, 6-2; Daniel Teets (JT) def. JIM THORPE AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME The Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit corporation. I guess there were some kids trying to do this high jump, and Jim Thorpe in street clothes started walking by. Jim Thorpe proceeds to just stomp all over everybody in his way. And he did all this on a swollen ankle. 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