In 1951, his life was chronicled in the Warner Bros. film “Jim Thorpe – All-American” starring Burt Lancaster. He died of heart failure in 1953. Long after his death, his athletic legacy ...

A pair of once-vibrant communities faced a bleak future. Their heyday behind them, the towns struggled to find their way and ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe walked the streets of those same American cities, past crowds of people straining to see him. He had just won gold medals for both the pentathlon and the decathlon at the Olympic ...

The exact date of Jim Thorpe’s birth is unknown, but it is generally believed that the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States—regarded by many as one of the ...