Amerikan futbolcuları
- James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953)...
- Jim Thorpe grew up with adversity. As a Native American in the early 1900’s, he faced racial prejudice and a difficult upbringing.
- The first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the U.S., Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games.
- Native American Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics but was stripped of his gold medals for violating amateur eligibility rules.
- Born on February 1, 1949 in Roxboro, North Carolina, Jim Thorpe, who is affectionately called “Thorpie” by his family, friends and fans, is an American...
- “The Official Licensing Website of Jim Thorpe.” Jim Thorpe, http://cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/.
- Describing Jim Thorpe as a great athlete would be doing him a severe injustice. A better description would be calling him the greatest athlete of the 20th Century.
- Though he died in poverty, Jim Thorpe is remembered as one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century, having won two Olympic track and field golds and...
- Jim Thorpe shaking hands with William Jay Gaynor, the mayor of New York City, at a reception for Olympic athletes returning from the 1912 Games in Stockholm.
- This biography of Jim Thorpe provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
Jim Thorpe
Sporcu
Amerikalı sporcu. Modern spor dünyasının çok yönlü atletlerinden birisi sayılmaktadır. Olimpiyatlarda pentatlon ve dekatlon dallarında altın madalya sahibi olan, Amerikan futbolunda kolej ve profesyonel liglerde yıldız oyunculuk, Amerika Ulusal Beyzbol Ligi’nde oyunculuk ve basketbolda kariyer yapmış bir sporcudur. Olimpiyatlarda yarışmadan önce, İkinci Beyzbol Liginde iki sezon profesyonel olarak oynadığı ortaya çıkınca amatör yarışma kurallarına aykırı olması nedeniyle madalyalarını kaybetmiştir. Ancak ölümünden otuz yıl sonra 1983'te bu madalyalar tekrar verilmiştir.
Kısa bilgiler
- Doğum tarihi ve yeri:28 Mayıs 1888, Prague
- Ölüm tarihi ve yeri:28 Mart 1953 (64 yaşında), Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
- Boy:185 cm
- Çocukları:Charlotte Marie Thorpe, Grace Thorpe