Usuku lokuzalwa: Ngomhla we-28 kaMeyi , Ngo-1888
Wafa eneminyaka: 64
Umqondiso welanga: IGemini
Kwaziwa njenge:UJames Francis Thorpe
Uzalwe e:Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Idume njenge:Imbaleki
Iingcaphuno zikaJim Thorpe AmaMerika Omthonyama
Usapho:
Iqabane / Ex-:Freeda V. Kirkpatrick, Iva Margaret Miller, Patricia Askew
utata:UHiram P. Thorpe
umama:UCharlotte Old
abantakwenu:UCharlie
abantwana:UCarl, uCharlotte, uGale, uGrace, uJim Omnci, uJohn, uRichard, uWilliam
Usweleke kwi: Ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo ku-Matshi , Ngo-1953
indawo yokufa:Isiduli
U.S. Urhulumente: Oklahoma
Iinkcukacha ezithe kratyaImfundo:Isikolo saseCarlisle Indian, ePennsylvania (1903-12), kwiYunivesithi yeZizwe zaseIndiya iHaskell
amabhaso:Ngo-1911 - Zonke iiMbasa zaseMelika
Ngo-1912 - Zonke iiMbasa zaseMelika
Ngo-1912 - iMedali yeGolide kwiPentathlon kwiiOlimpiki
Ngo-1912 - iMedali yeGolide eDecathlon kwiiOlimpiki
Kuyacetyiswa Wena
UAaron Rodgers O. J. Simpson UTom Brady Abasebenzi bakaTerryNgubani uJim Thorpe?
Amaxesha amaninzi athathwa njengoyena mdlali ubalaseleyo kule nkulungwane yama-20, uJames Francis Jim Thorpe wayeyimbaleki ebhetyebhetye egqwesa kwimidlalo emininzi. Wayengumlindi wegolide weOlimpiki kwi-pentathlon kunye ne-decathlon. Ukongeza, wayedlale ibhola ngexesha leekholeji kwaye wayedlala nebhola yebhasikithi kunye nebhasikithi kwinqanaba lobungcali. Waqala ukudlala ibhola ngelixa wayesesikolweni kwaye ekugqibeleni waxhuma waya nakweminye imidlalo. Omnye wabaqeqeshi bakhe bokuqala yayingumdlalo webhola ekhatywayo, uGlenn Pop Warner owamncedayo ekubumbeni lo mfana ukuba abe kukhuphiswano olukhulu. Emva kokuphumelela kwakhe kwi-Olimpiki, uKumkani waseSweden wavuyisana naye, embiza ngokuba ngoyena mdlali mkhulu emhlabeni. Nangona kunjalo, izihloko zakhe zeOlimpiki zathathwa emva kokuba kutyhilwe ukuba wayedlale i-baseball yobungcali ngaphambi kokukhuphisana kwiOlimpiki. Oku kwaphula imithetho ye-amateurism yeOlimpiki. Nangona kunjalo, impumelelo yakhe kwiOlimpiki yabuyiselwa kwikhredithi yakhe kwiminyaka engama-30 emva kokubhubha kwakhe. Imbaleki eyomeleleyo nesempilweni yathatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo yokhuphiswano de yafika kwiminyaka engama-41. Kodwa ubomi babungasoloko bumnene kuye. Wazabalaza ukuziphilisa kwiminyaka yakhe yokugqibela kwaye waba lixhoba lotywala obonakalisa impilo yakhe kunye nokuba sempilweni.Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:
Abantu Abaziwayo Ongabaziyo Ziinkedama
Ityala lemifanekiso http://www.moiraproductions.com/THORPE/about/giants.html 
Ityala lemifanekiso http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe 
Ityala lemifanekiso http://newsdesk.si.edu/photos/jim-thorpe-running 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.instagram.com/p/B-So8QMFzP4/ (gonzalezmariaw)
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2014/10/jim_thorpe_body_to_stay_put_in.html 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Thorpe-American-athlete 
Ityala lemifanekiso http://www.realclearlife.com/sports/jim-thorpe-today/Iimbaleki zeGemini Iimbaleki zaseMelika Abadlali bezemidlalo abangamadoda Umsebenzi Iirekhodi zekhonkrithi zokuphumelela kwakhe zivela ngo-1907. Njengomfundi kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo nakwikholeji, uthathe inxaxheba kwibhola ekhatywayo, kwi-baseball nakwi-lacrosse. Wafumana ingqwalaselo enkulu ngo-1911 xa wayengumdlali webhola ekhatywayo, wazuza amanqaku onke eqela lakhe kunye ne-touchdown kwi-18-15 ephumelele iHarvard, iqela eliphambili elalikuloo mihla. Iqela lakhe ligqibe isizini ye-11-1. Ibhola yayiyimidlalo ayithandayo. Ngo-1912, wafumana amanqaku angama-25 kunye namanqaku angama-198. Kwakuloo nyaka mnye waqala ukuqeqesha iiOlimpiki kwimidlalo eliqela: ukutsiba, imiqobo, ukugungqa kwipali, umkhonto kunye nesando. Waqwalaselwa ngexesha lezilingo ngenxa yesakhono sakhe sokujikeleza. Kwakukho imicimbi emibini emininzi kwii-Olimpiki zasehlotyeni zowe-1912, eSweden: i-pentathlon kunye ne-decathlon. I-Thorpe eguqukayo ithathe inxaxheba kuzo zombini ezi ziganeko, kunye nakwinqumlo ende kunye nokutsiba okuphezulu. Uphumelele iimbasa zegolide kwiPentathlon naseDecathlon. Emva kokuphumelela iiOlimpiki, wakhuphisana kwi-Amateur Athletic Union's All-Around Championship. Ukhuphisane noBruno Brodd noJ. Bredemus kwaye waphumelela isixhenxe kwishumi lemisitho ebikhuphiswene. Ngo-1913, kwavela ukuba wayedlale i-baseball yobungcali ngaphambi kokuthatha inxaxheba kwi-Olimpiki. Oku kwaphula umthetho we-amateurism njengoko iimbaleki ezazifumene nayiphi na intlawulo ngokudlala imidlalo zazingafanelekanga kwii-Olimpiki. UTrope wayengazi malunga nalo mthetho ngaphambi kokuthatha inxaxheba kwaye wabhala isibheno sakhe kwileta eya kubaphathi beOlimpiki. Nangona kunjalo, iAmateur Athletic Union yathatha eli tyala ngokungathí sina kwaye yahlutha izihloko zakhe zeOlimpiki. Uqhubeke nokudlala i-baseball njengearhente yasimahla kwaye wajoyina izigebenga zaseNew York awayedlala nazo imidlalo eli-19 kwaye wanceda ukuphumelela ukhuphiswano lobuntshatsheli beLigi yeSizwe ye-1913. Kunye neqela lakhe, wajoyina iChicago White Sox kukhenketho lwehlabathi apho waba ludumo lwamanye amazwe. Abantu abaliqela bagcwala ezitalatweni ukuze nje babone iimbaleki ezinetalente kwaye waba nethuba lokudibana nabantu abaziwayo abanjengoPopu noKing George V. Qhubeka nokuFunda ngezantsi Nge-1917, wathengiswa kwiRed Cincinnati nangona kamva waye kuthengiswe kwakhona kwiiNgxilimbela zaseNew York. Wadlala kubo manqaphanqapha phambi kokuba athengiswe kwakhona eBoston Braveson ngo-1919. Wadlala iligi encinci ye-baseball kude kube ngo-1922. Waqhubeka nokudlala ibhola kananjalo emva kweeOlimpiki. Watyikitya kunye neCanton Bulldogs ngo-1915 ngomvuzo weedola ezingama-250 ngomdlalo, isixa esikhulu ngelo xesha. Ngaphezulu kwama-8,000 abantu beza kubukela umdlalo wakhe wokuqala ngokuchasene neMassillon Tigers. Uncede iqela lakhe ukuba liphumelele izihloko ngo-1916, 1917, no-1919. UTrpe wenziwa umongameli wokuqala we-American Professional Football Association (APFA) eyasekwa ngo-1920. Ukususela ngo-1920 ukuya ngo-1928 wadlala imidlalo engama-52 yeSizwe yeBhola eKhatywayo yamaqela amathandathu evakalisa umhlala-phantsi. 
Umdlalo webhola wasemelika Amadoda eGemini Amabhaso kunye neMpumelelo Uphumelele iimbasa ezimbini zegolide kwii-Olimpiki zasehlotyeni zowe-1912 ezazibanjelwe eStockholm, enye nganye kwimisitho yePentathlon naseDecathlon. Ubomi boBuntu kunye nelifa Umtshato wakhe wokuqala yayingu-Iva Miller ukusukela ngo-1913 ukuya ku-1925. Esi sibini sasinabantwana abane. Waphinda watshata ngo-1926. Umfazi wakhe wesibini yayinguFreeda Kirkpatrick owayesebenza njengomphathi weqela lebaseball awayelidlalela. Babenoonyana abane kwaye baqhawula umtshato ngo-1941. Waphinda wabopha iqhina kunye noPatricia Askew ngo-1945. Inkosikazi yakhe yesithathu yahlala naye de wasweleka. Ukudakumba Okukhulu kwaqala ngexesha lokuphela kobugcisa bemidlalo. Uzabalaza ukuze aphile emva koko kwaye wasela. Wayenomhlaza kwiminyaka yakhe yokugqibela kwaye wayehlupheka. Usweleke ngenxa yesifo sentliziyo ngo-1953. UMongameli Richard Nixon wabhengeza umhla we-16 ku-Epreli, ngo-1973 njengoJim Thorpe Day ukukhuthaza ukwamkelwa kwale mbaleki ibalaseleyo. 
Inqaku Le Mbasa yeGolide yeOlimpiki, edla ngokubizwa ngokuba yeyona mbaleki ibalaseleyo kule nkulungwane yama-20, nayo yayikhe yadlala kwiifilimu njengezongezelelekileyo.
