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Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (en kikapú: Wa-Tho-Huk, que significa "Un Camino Iluminado por una Gran Luz") (28 de mayo de 1887 - 28 de marzo de 1953) 1 fue un atleta estadounidense.
James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; [2] May 22 or 28, [3] 1887 – March 28, 1953) [4] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.
31 de ene. de 2024 · La vida del jugador Olímpico de béisbol Jim Thorpe es honrada en Oklahoma. El primer nativo americano en ganar una medalla Olímpica, fue despojado de sus oros de pentatlón y decatlón porque había jugado béisbol profesional. Su caso finalmente se resolvió en 2022. Un pequeño museo en Oklahoma City, EE.UU., ha honrado la vida de Jim Thorpe.
2 de abr. de 2014 · Who Was Jim Thorpe? 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 were revoked on a...
24 de may. de 2024 · Jim Thorpe was one of the most accomplished all-around athletes in history. In 1950 he was selected by American sportswriters and broadcasters as the greatest American athlete and the greatest gridiron football player of the first half of the 20th century.
15 de jul. de 2022 · Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes in history and the victim of what many considered a century-old Olympic injustice, has been restored as the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at...
Jim Thorpe. (James Francis Thorpe; Shawnee, 1888 - Lamita, 1953) Atleta y deportista estadounidense, uno de los más polifacéticos de la historia. Su padre era indio, de la tribu de los Sac y Fox, con ascendientes irlandeses; su madre era parcialmente Potawatomie.
