Jim Thorpe: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
David Maraniss, Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe (2022); Kate Buford, Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe (2010); Bill Crawford, All American: The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe (2005).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Pro Football Hall of Fame - Jim thorpe. | Sep 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - "Show Them What an Indian Can Do": The Example of Jim Thorpe. | Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Voices of Oklahoma - Jim Thorpe. | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of Georgia School of Law - Beyond Absurd: Jim Thorpe and a Proposed Taxonomy for the Absurdity Doctrine (PDF). | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Sportsworld - The Jim Thorpe Story. | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Baseball Hall of Fame - #GoingDeep: The Legend of Jim Thorpe. | Oct 25, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ESPN Classic - Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo. | Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Jim Thorpe. | May 02, 2023 | ||
| Bibliography added. | Jan 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - James Francis Thorpe. | Dec 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of the Great Plains - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Sep 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Jim Thorpe. | Jul 19, 2022 | ||
| Noted that he was declared the sole winner of the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics. | Jul 15, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 17, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 31, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Aug 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Aug 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oklahoma Historical Society - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Aug 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pro Football Hall of Fame - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Aug 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Jul 30, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pro Football Hall of Fame - Jim thorpe. | Mar 25, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Jim Thorpe. | Mar 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Olympic.com - Jim Thorpe. | Mar 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The National Museum of American History - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Mar 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - Biography of Jim Thorpe. | Mar 05, 2009 | ||
| Media revised. | Nov 17, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 06, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | May 04, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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