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      Battling with Buffalo Bill

      • Thorpe in the movie Battling with Buffalo Bill. Made in 1931, it was his first movie role.
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      Akapamata: The Forgotten Hollywood Legacy Of Jim Thorpe

  2. www.slashfilm.com › 1125111Thorpe: Everything We Know So Far About The Track And ... - /Film

    Dec 7, 2022 · The true story of Jim Thorpe is pretty astounding: Aside from his Olympic Gold medals for track and field, Thorpe played six seasons of Major League Baseball, was an All-American player for Pop...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_ThorpeJim Thorpe - Wikipedia

    James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; [2] May 22 or 28, [3] 1887 – March 28, 1953) [4] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Thorpe_–_All-AmericanJim Thorpe – All-American - Wikipedia

    Jim Thorpe – All-American (UK title: Man of Bronze) is a 1951 American biographical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Burt Lancaster as Jim Thorpe, the great Native American athlete who won medals at the 1912 Olympics and distinguished himself in various sports, both in college and on professional teams.

  6. www.americanindianmagazine.org › story › akapamataAkapamata: The Forgotten Hollywood Legacy Of Jim Thorpe

    Made in 1931, it was his first movie role. Tom Tyler played Buffalo Bill. Thorpe with Bing Crosby. Photo courtesy of Robert Wheeler. Thorpe got dressed, jumped into his black 1931 Model A Ford and drove the 11 miles from his home on 3904 104th Street in Inglewood to the Center on 7th Street.

  7. www.imdb.com › name › nm0861680Jim Thorpe - IMDb

    Jim Thorpe is an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States.

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    • Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
    • January 1, 1
    • Lomita, California, USA

  8. www.biography.com › athlete › jim-thorpeJim Thorpe - Children, Facts & Career - Biography

    Apr 2, 2014 · The Associated Press named him the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century in 1950, and the following year he was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the film Jim Thorpe –...

  9. www.nativeoklahoma.us › mohawk-filmmaker-traceyMohawk Filmmaker Tracey Deer selected to direct THORPE, the ...

    Jan 6, 2023 · THORPE, the working title of the film, follows the compelling journey of Jim’s life from boyhood on an Oklahoma Indian reservation through the tragic Indian boarding school era to one of the greatest sports scandals in history – the revocation of Jim’s Olympic gold medals from the 1912 Pentathlon and Decathlon.

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