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Just before the season-ending series between the Canton Bulldogs and the arch-rival Massillon Tigers in 1915, Bulldogs general manager Jack Cusack signed the most famous athlete of the age, Jim Thorpe, for the princely sum of $250 a game. Thorpe was everything Cusack expected him to be – an exceptional talent and an unparalleled gate attraction.
A town called Jim Thorpe. Thorpe died from heart failure on 28 March 1953. He was 64. Associated Press named him the USA’s greatest athlete and American football player of the first half of the 20th century, while an ABC Sports poll in 2000 ranked him as the best American athlete of the century. A further accolade came in the 1950s when the ...
Aug 27, 2022 · Jim Thorpe was in his overalls and easily cleared the bar. The next day, he was on the track team and, you know, within a year he was the star of the football team. And then in 1911 and 1912, he ...
Jan 4, 2012 · Jim Thorpe was the greatest all-around athlete of the Deadball Era. In addition to playing major-league baseball for six seasons, the 6-foor-1, 185-pound Thorpe was an Olympic champion in the pentathlon and decathlon and at one point the greatest American football player in history, according to a 1977 Sport magazine poll.
Dec 9, 2020 · 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 ...
Where most collegians worked during the summers, Thorpe spent the summers of 1909 and 1910 playing baseball. He was a member of a team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina as part of the Class D Carolina League. Thorpe was paid between $2-$35 for his services. In 1911, Thorpe wanted to try his hand at football.
During Thorpe’s time with the Giants his teammates included future Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson, Rube Marquard, George Kelly and Ross Youngs. Jim Thorpe played major league baseball for six years. Playing mostly outfield, the right-handed batter played only 289 games while batting .252 with seven homers and 29 stolen bases.
