Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...

Jim Thorpe went on to become the first Native American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States and is considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1912 ...

Jim Thorpe was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal, winning for the United States in the decathlon and ...

One of the great stories in American sports history - the real-life yarn of Jim Thorpe ... up against Thorpe of Carlisle. There are re-creations of the 1912 and 1924 Olympics (with an assist ...

We explore the life of the American Indian who was the star of the 1912 Olympics. Show more This special programme explores the sad and controversial life of Jim Thorpe - the American Indian who ...

Thorpe, winner of the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon and a ... the two small Pennsylvania towns combined into one and was renamed Jim Thorpe.

His performance was so exemplary at the 1912 games, King Gustav V did ... Related: Returning an Olympic win to Jim Thorpe ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round athlete of the 20th century. He was probably also the unluckiest. At an admirably organised Olympics Games that introduced electronic timing and a ...