The Native American Who Won Two Olympic Gold Medals – Then Had His Titles Taken Away Before History Finally Reversed The Decision
The rules were applied to Thorpe and not to those who had arranged the silence that protected everyone else.
The Football Career That Carried The Name Forward
While the Olympic controversy dominated the headlines in 1913, Jim Thorpe went on to build a professional athletic career that would have secured his reputation even without the Stockholm medals.
His major league baseball career — six seasons with the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Boston Braves from 1913 through 1919 — was respectable but not spectacular.
He batted .252 lifetime, hit seven home runs, and drove in 82 runs across 289 major league games.
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