Jim Thorpe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1913
name: label: associated person
content: Thorpe, Jim
label: Associated Name
content: New York Giants
label: maker
content: Hillerich & Bradsby Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Jim Thorpe pattern bat, given by Thorpe to collector Edwin Rowlands. Rowlands claimed the bat was used by Thorpe as a member of the New York Giants. It is a Hillerich & Bradsby "Louisville Slugger" with a replica of Thorpe's tradmarked signature on barrel. "R43" on bottom of knob handle.
label: Description
content: Thorpe, of mixed European and Native American descent, is considered one of the greatest-overall athletes in United States history. He was a star for the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where he attained All-American honors in football. He went on to represent the United States at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, winning gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon. Thorpe went on to play professional football, baseball and basketball.
label: Description
content: Thorpe's Olympic victories were revoked when it was discovered that he had made money playing semi-pro baseball, forfeiting his status as an amateur. The medals were reinstated to his family in 1983.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Louisville
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0347.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bat, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, ash (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 2 1/2 in; 88.9 cm x 6.35 cm