Jim Thorpe
date: label: date made
content: 1957
label: date made
content: 195
label: date made
content: 1951
name: label: depicted
content: Thorpe, Jim
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph given to collector Ed Rowlands by multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe. Two pictures of Thorpe have been attached.
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
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: level of sport
content: collegiate
label: Subject
content: Autographs
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: 1983.0347.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0347.01.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0347
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, football
label: Object Name
content: autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 17 in; 50.8 cm x 43.18 cm