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Birthday
May 22, 1887
Day of Death
1953-03-28
(65 years old)
Place of Birth
Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
Also Known As
James Thorpe
Wathahuck-Brightpath
James Francis Thorpe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States.
Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals.
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Captain Blood
as Pirate (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Indian Chief
The Ivory-Handled Gun
as Henchman Jack (uncredited)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Henchman
Fighting Youth
as Carlisle Football Player
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited)
Barbary Coast
as Janitor (uncredited)
It's in the Air
as Indian Father (uncredited)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Charlie Jim
The Daring Young Man
as Convict
She
as Captain of the Guards (uncredited)
Code of the Mounted
as Murdered Indian
One Run Elmer
as Second baseman (uncredited)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11]
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