40 Facts About Thorpe Award

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

2. Thorpe Award was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

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

4. Thorpe Award was restored as a "cowinner" of the decathlon and pentathlon of the 1912 Olympic Games.

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

6. Jim Thorpe Award arrived in Stockholm for the V Olympiad having qualified in four different events; the decathlon, long jump, pentathlon, and the high jump.

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

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

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

10. Thorpe Award 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.

11. Thorpe Award made a much bigger impact in the early stages of pro football.

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

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

14. Jim Thorpe Award was born circa May 28, 1887, near current-day Prague, Oklahoma.

15. Thorpe Award dominated the 2001 World and the 2002 Pan Pacific championships in all of his events, creating a huge build-up to the 2004 Olympics.

16. In 1998, Thorpe Award won his first of 11 world championships, dominating the meet in the 200 and 400-meter freestyle events.

17. Thorpe Award was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963, one of seventeen players in the charter class.

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

19. In 1917, Iva and Thorpe Award bought a house now known as the Jim Thorpe House in Yale, Oklahoma, and lived there until 1923.

20. Thorpe Award married three times and had eight children.

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

22. Thorpe Award gained nationwide attention for the first time in 1911.

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

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

25. In 1919, Thorpe Award played briefly with the New York Giants baseball team.

26. In 1912, Thorpe Award took part in the Olympic games held at Stockholm, Sweden, and performed magnificently.

27. Thorpe Award outdistanced Red Grange and Bronko Nagurski for the title of the greatest football player.

28. Thorpe Award 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.

29. Thorpe Award was the chief drawing power in professional football until Red Grange entered the game in 1925.

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

31. Thorpe Award pitched and played first base for what he said was $15 per week.

32. Thorpe Award was given third team All-American status by Walter Camp in 1908.

33. Thorpe Award had served as adviser on the film, showing Lancaster how to kick a football.

34. Thorpe Award was the first choice of 252 of the 391 journalists.

35. Thorpe Award suffered the first of three heart attacks in 1942.

36. Thorpe Award excelled at every aspect of football: kicking, running, passing, and tackling.

37. Thorpe Award scored 198 of those 504 points, setting an all-time record.

38. Thorpe Award was unaware of the practice and used his own name.

39. In 1904, Thorpe Award was recruited to attend the highly respected Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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