Native American Heritage Month Spotlight: Jim Thorpe
<p>His time away from school didn’t lessen Thorpe’s athletic prowess. He started as a walk-on for the school’s track and field team, impressing coach Pop Warner. He tried out for football and was a natural at the sport. He was even named All-American three times and played several positions. His athletic prowess led him to compete in the 1912 Olympics in four competitions — the decathlon, pentathlon, long jump, and high jump. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon. He held the record of 8,413 points in the former for nearly two decades. Because of playing amateur baseball before the Olympics, his accomplishments were for several decades. The organization reinstated his medials and record in 2022, over a century later.</p>
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