1887-1953

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1887-1953

Native American son

the life and sporting legend of Jim Thorpe
Presents a biography of Jim Thorpe, spotlighting the moments that defined his sports career and discussing how he became a success in early twentieth century America despite his Native American heritage. Details the personal struggles he endured, from racism to alcoholism, and charts his modern legacy.
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Undefeated

Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football team
A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team.

Undefeated

Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team
Jim Thorpe: super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, member of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation. Pop Warner: indomitable coach, football mastermind, ivy league grad. Before these men became legends, they met in 1907 at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where they forged one of the winningest teams in the history of America's favorite sport.

Young Jim Thorpe

All-American athlete
1996
A brief biography of the American Indian who became known as one of the greatest all-around athletes of the twentieth century.

Jim & me

2008
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.

Undefeated

Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team
Jim Thorpe: super athlete, Olympic gold medalist, member of the Sac and Fox Indian Nation. Pop Warner: indomitable coach, football mastermind, ivy league grad. Before these men became legends, they met in 1907 at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where they forged one of the winningest teams in the history of America's favorite sport.

Jim Thorpe, the legend remembered

1997
A biography of the American Indian known as one of the best all-round athletes in history for his accomplishments as an Olympic medal winner and as an outstanding professional football and baseball player.

Fighting spirit

on the field with Jim Thorpe
2010
Fifteen-year-old Howard Tucker, one of the smartest kids at a Native American boarding school, trades math lessons with another student for football training to he can get on the football team, and when he receives advice from Jim Thorpe, his chances of playing in the big game increase.

Jim & me

2010
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.

Jim Thorpe

world's greatest athlete
1995
Traces the life of the Oklahoma Indian farm boy who became an Olympic gold medal winner and a professional athlete.

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