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Happy birthday to the late Jim Thorpe: Take a look back at his life and legacy
Happy birthday to the late Jim Thorpe, whose birthday was either May 22, 1887 or May 28, 1888. As reported by The Oklahoman, Thorpe's daughter Grace Thorpe said her father's birth records were ...
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This day in Oklahoma history: May 28
Thorpe allegedly had an issue with alcohol and struggled to find a career after his playing days were over. Jim Thorpe, date unknown. Image courtesy Oklahoma Historical Society. In the 1930s ...
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Grace was the youngest of four; her oldest sister Gail Margaret was born in 1917, her brother James in 1918, and her sister Charlotte Marie in 1919. Her brother James died from polio before reaching adolescence. By the time of Grace's birth, her father, Jim Thorpe, was already an Olympic medalist.
Grace Thorpe, daughter of famed athlete Jim Thorpe, has a remarkable legacy as a veteran and champion of indigenous peoples. November 13, 2020. Top image: Grace Thorpe attempting a field goal at the WAC Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1943.
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Grace’s mother, Iva Miller, was Cherokee. Her father, Jim Thorpe, was Sac and Fox and a world-famous athlete. He won two Olympic medals in 1912 in the pentathlon and decathlon, and he played both baseball and football professionally. Jim and Iva met as students at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
Apr 2, 2008 · CLAREMORE — Grace Thorpe, the daughter of Olympic great and Oklahoma native Jim Thorpe, has died at the Claremore Veterans Center. Tena Mallotte, her granddaughter, said Thorpe died about 2 a.m. Tues…
May 28, 2020 · Grace, born in Yale, Oklahoma, in 1921, was the youngest of Jim Thorpe’s children from his marriage to Iva Miller. Like her father, Grace attended Haskell Indian school as a child....
Grace Frances Thorpe was born in Yale, Oklahoma on December 10, 1921 to parents James (Jim) Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk)) and Iva Margaret Miller Thorpe. Jim, already a famed athelete and olympic medalist, had met Iva as students at Carlisle Indian School and were married in 1913.
Dec 2, 2022 · Thorpe was the daughter of famed athlete Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox, 1888–1953).
