Jim Thorpe

Speech parts

1. Jim Thorpe - Noun

2. Jim Thorpe - Proper noun

Meaning

outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953)

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Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done. Russell Means

My favorite athlete of all time would have to be Jim Thorpe. Randy Castillo

Another meeting held on September 17, 1920 resulted in the renaming of the league to the American Professional Football Association (APFA). citation The league hired Jim Thorpe as its first president, and consisted of 14 teams. Source: Internet

Biopics are found within the genre, including Prefontaine (regarding Steve Prefontaine ) and Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951) featuring Burt Lancaster as Thorpe. Source: Internet

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania After Thorpe's funeral was held at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Shawnee, Oklahoma, citation his body was lying in state at Fairview Cemetery after citizens had paid to have it moved to Shawnee by train from California. Source: Internet

The appeals court held that Jim Thorpe borough is not a "museum", as that term is used in NAGPRA, and that the plaintiffs therefore could not invoke that federal statute to seek reinterment of Thorpe's remains. Source: Internet

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