Although Jim Thorpe is no longer alive, his legacy was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Carbon County town that is named after him is also where his memorial stands. Some were ...

One of Oklahoma's greatest athletes, Jim Thorpe, was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, Friday at the White House. >> Download the KOCO 5 App Sign up for our ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jim Thorpe won two gold medals at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics wearing different shoes and socks The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reinstated Jim Thorpe as the winner of the Stockholm ...

True story of Native American Jim Thorpe, who rose from an Oklahoma reservation to become a collegiate, Olympic, and professional star. After his medals are stripped on a technicality and his ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round ... Thorpe's records were eliminated from the books, his gold medals taken away and he died a miserable death as an alcoholic in a Californian ...

Jim Thorpe's story- he was stripped of his medals but they were reinstated 75 years later. This programme looks at the effect that various boycotts and political protests had on the Oylmpics.

Jim Thorpe should be reinstated by the International ... King Gustav V of Sweden presented him with the medals and famously told him: "You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world." ...

When an American Indian named Jim Thorpe won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, legend has it that King Gustav V of Sweden presented him the medal and said ...

Jim Thorpe was arguably the greatest all-round ... Thorpe's records were eliminated from the books, his gold medals taken away and he died a miserable death as an alcoholic in a Californian ...