Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953
Variant names
Americans
English
Biographical notes:
Jim Thorpe, also known as James Francis Thorpe, also known as Wa-Tho-Huk, (b. May 22 or 28, 1887, Prague Indian Territory, Oklahoma-d. March 28, 1953, Lomita, California) 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 his home country. 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.
Links to collections
Photograph of Jim Thorpe
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Photograph of Jim Thorpe with Admirers
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Freeman C. Johnson papers, 1873-1969 (1920-1969).
Rochester Museum & Science Center
George "Hooks" Wiltse 1913-1914 world tour photograph album : photograph album, 1913-1914.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
[Player File. Thorpe, James Francis, 1913- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Student Records. 1879 - 1918. Jim Thorpe Student File. 1904 - 1915. Student Information Card for Jim Thorpe
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Grace F. Thorpe Collection
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
Lila H. Connolly Papers
U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Student Records. 1879 - 1918. Jim Thorpe Student File
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Wheaties cereal box featuring Jim Thorpe
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Jim Thorpe Commission. [Jim Thorpe commemorative medal] [realia].
Arizona State University Libraries
Records of the Domestic Policy Staff (Carter Administration). 1976 - 1981. Robert Berenson's Subject Files. 1977 - 1981. Olympics - Jim Thorpe, 9/79 - 10/80
Jimmy Carter Library
Wadsworth, Frances Laughlin, 1909-1978. Papers, 1944-1968.
Connecticut Historical Society
Whitman, Robert L. (Robert Lowell), 1940-. Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians collection, 1922-1997.
Marion County Historical Society
Photographs of Princess Atalie Unkalunt collection
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Selected Documents Removed From Carlisle Indian Industrial School Student Records and Post 1880 Letters Received
National Archives at Washington, D.C
Baseball Heros : scrapbook, 1910-1916.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Related names in SNAC
associatedWith
Connolly, Lila H.
associatedWith
Ford, John, 1895-1973
associatedWith
Johnson, Freeman C., 1886-1969
parentOf
Thorpe, Grace F., 1921-2008
associatedWith
Wadsworth, Frances Laughlin, 1909-1978.
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memberOf
New York Giants (Baseball team)
participantIn
Olympic Games (5th : 1912 : Stockholm, Sweden)
memberOf
Sac and Fox Nation.
alumnusOrAlumnaOf
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
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Subjects:
- Baseball
- Football
- Olympic Games
Occupations:
- Athletes
- Baseball players
- Football players
- Sportsmen and sportswomen
Places:
- Oklahoma, OK, US
- Lomita, CA, US
Variant Names
Thorpe, Jacobus Franciscus, 1887-1953
Wa-Tho-Huk, 1887-1953
ワソハック, 1887-1953
ソープ, ジム, 1887-1953
Thorpe, James Francis, 1887-1953
