56 Facts About Jim Thorpe House

1. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

2. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

3. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

4. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

5. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

6. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

7. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

8. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

9. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

10. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

11. Jim Thorpe House was elected a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963, and in 1982 his name was restored to the Olympic record books as a co-winner of the 1912 track events.

12. Jim Thorpe House made a much bigger impact in the early stages of pro football.

13. In 1913, Jim Thorpe House married his college sweetheart, Iva Miller, and signed to play professional baseball with the New York Giants.

14. Jim Thorpe House learned to hunt and trap prey at an early age, developing his legendary endurance via extensive excursions through Indian Territory.

15. Jim Thorpe House married three times and was blessed with eight children.

16. Jim Thorpe House moved on after the Olympic ordeal and signed to play baseball for the New York Giants.

17. At the tender age of 24, Jim Thorpe House sailed with the American Olympic team to Stockholm, Sweden for the 1912 Olympic Games.

18. Jim Thorpe House began his athletic career at Carlisle, both playing football and running track.

19. Jim Thorpe House was actually born a twin, but his brother Charlie died at the age of nine.

20. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

21. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

22. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

23. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

24. Jim Thorpe House was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

25. Jim Thorpe House joined with the United States Olympic team in 1912.

26. Jim Thorpe House studied at the local Indian boarding school when he was six years old.

27. In 1919, Jim Thorpe House played briefly with the New York Giants baseball team.

28. In 1912, Jim Thorpe House took part in the Olympic games held at Stockholm, Sweden, and performed magnificently.

29. Jim Thorpe House outdistanced Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski for the title of the greatest football player.

30. Jim Thorpe House had served as adviser on the film, showing Lancaster how to kick a football.

31. Jim Thorpe House was the first choice of 252 of the 391 journalists.

32. Jim Thorpe House suffered the first of three heart attacks in 1942.

33. Jim Thorpe House excelled at every aspect of football: kicking, running, passing, and tackling.

34. Jim Thorpe House stayed with the team each fall through 1920, while continuing to play pro baseball during the summers.

35. Jim Thorpe House scored 198 of those 504 points, setting an all-time record.

36. Jim Thorpe House was unaware of the practice and used his own name.

37. In 1904, Jim Thorpe House was recruited to attend the highly respected Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

38. Jim Thorpe House began to organize his own games and was good enough to play with the older boys.

39. Jim Thorpe House gave her son Jim Thorpe House the Indian name Wa-tho-huck, meaning "Bright Path" when she saw the path to the cabin illuminated by a ray of sunlight at dawn just after his birth.

40. Jim Thorpe House went on to a career in professional football and baseball.

41. Jim Thorpe House outdistanced Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski for the former and led Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey for the latter, being paired with Babe Didrikson Zaharias, the outstanding female athlete.

42. Jim Thorpe House was the chief drawing power in professional football until Red Grange entered the game in 1925.

43. Jim Thorpe House signed to play professional football in 1915 with the Canton Bulldogs for the "enormous" sum of $250 a game.

44. Jim Thorpe House had matured to almost six feet in height and 185 pounds and led Carlisle to outstanding football seasons in 1911 and 1912.

45. Jim Thorpe House pitched and played first base for what he said was $15 per week.

46. Jim Thorpe House was given third team All-American status by Walter Camp in 1908.

47. Jim Thorpe House was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963, one of seventeen players in the charter class.

48. In early 1953, Jim Thorpe House went into heart failure for the third time while dining with Patricia in their home in Lomita, California.

49. Jim Thorpe House married three times and had eight children.

50. Jim Thorpe House signed with the New York Giants baseball club in 1913 and played sporadically with them as an outfielder for three seasons.

51. Jim Thorpe House was awarded All-American honors in both 1911 and 1912.

52. Jim Thorpe House gained nationwide attention for the first time in 1911.

53. Jim Thorpe House's parents were both Roman Catholic, a faith which Thorpe observed throughout his adult life.

54. Jim Thorpe House appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American.

55. In 1913, Jim Thorpe House signed with the New York Giants, and he played six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919.

56. Jim Thorpe House prices in Central Otago are rising at a rate of 31 per cent a year, with the median sale price now topping that of Auckland.