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Jim Thorpe

Title: Jim Thorpe
Category: /Recreation & Sports
Details: Words: 521 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Jim Thorpe
My name is James Francis Thorpe. I also had an original Native American. This name that the natives gave me was Wa-tho-huck. Wa- tho-huck means "Bright Path" . My parents were part of the Sac and Fox, and had man ancestors from there. I was born and raised near Prague, Indian Territory. This Indian Territory is now the state of Oklahoma. I went to school at Haskell Institute, in Lawrence, Kansas, and at Carlisle Indian School. …showed first 75 words of 521 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 521 total…small parts as an actor in motion pictures. After a short stint as an actor I lectured on Native American culture. During World War II I served as a seaman in the U.S. Merchant Marine. In 1950, nearly 400 American sportswriters and broadcasters selected me, Jim Thorpe. as the greatest all-around athlete and football player of the first half of the 20th century. Later on I was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

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