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 ...

Jim Thorpe is a household name for many sports fans ... when he won both the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. In the following year, however, the International ...

In fact, Olympian Jim Thorpe once had his Olympic medals stripped for accepting money to play semi-professional baseball in ...

Jim Thorpe was first known as Mauch Chunk (which translates to "Bear Place" in the Munsee-Lenape Native American language). In 1954, it took on its current title after the famous Olympian and ...

One of the great stories in American sports history - the real-life yarn of Jim Thorpe ... up against Thorpe of Carlisle. There are re-creations of the 1912 and 1924 Olympics (with an assist ...

Jim Thorpe posted wins in both boys and girls basketball on Tuesday. The Olympian teams each defeated Moravian Academy in ...

Thorpe, winner of the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon and a ... the two small Pennsylvania towns combined into one and was renamed Jim Thorpe.

The story of how too much testosterone had a lasting impact on one young female athlete. Jim Thorpe's story- he was stripped of his medals but they were reinstated 75 years later. This programme ...

Coca-Cola Park. 1050 Ironpigs Way, Allentown. milb.com JIM THORPE OLYMPIAN BIRTHDAY FESTIVAL: The Carbon County community that bears his name honors what would be the 135th birthday of perhaps ...

Read more: 25 Gorgeous Islands For Vacationing That Won't Break The Bank Named after the famous Native American Olympian, Jim Thorpe is situated about an hour and a half northwest of Philadelphia.