Grace Thorpe, the daughter ofOlympic great and Oklahomanative Jim Thorpe, has died atthe Claremore Veterans Center. Grace Thorpe, Jim Thorpe's daughter, dies Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

In 1912, Jim Thorpe became the greatest American Olympian of all time, but not if you ask the IOC. Skip to main content. Search Shop Newsletters Renew Give a Gift Subscribe.

Grace Thorpe: A Life of Service Description World War II veteran, Native rights activist, and daughter of famed athlete Jim Thorpe, Grace Thorpe (Sac and Fox, 1921–2008) served in the Women’s Army ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. -- Visitors to this small coal-mining town might assume that Jim Thorpe, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, was born here. But the football, baseball and Olympic ...

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and legendary athlete Jim Thorpe was born on this day in history, May 28, 1888, in what is now Oklahoma. Thorpe played professional football and baseball.

HISTORY's latest sports documentary focuses on Jim Thorpe, who was voted the greatest athlete of the first half-century in 1950 ahead of Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and others.

The 100-Year Dispute for Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Golds. Thorpe was stripped of his medals in 1912, and named co-champion in 1982. Now, a movement has been renewed to award Thorpe his titles as his own.

Jim Thorpe. In the new biography “Path Lit by Lightning,” David Maraniss details the enormous odds that a Native American hero had to overcome. By Keith Olbermann ...