Prague, Oklahoma was originally Indian territory when Thorpe was born there in 1887, brought up on the Sac and Fox Reservation. His birthname, Wa-Tho-Huk, translates to "Bright Path." Jim had ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals ...

American athlete Jim Thorpe (1888 -1953) at an athletics meeting at the Parc Pommery in Reims, France, 23rd July 1912. Thorpe is competing in the 110 yards Hurdles. BRA-75991. (Photo by Branger/Roger ...