World & Nation
Family members want to return the Olympic athlete’s remains to the Oklahoma reservation where he grew up. But the town wants to keep Jim Thorpe in Jim Thorpe.
Oct. 18, 2013
Sports
Children of Jim Thorpe Want Namesake Town in Pennsylvania to Return Their Father’s Remains for Indian Burial in Oklahoma
Feb. 16, 2001
Olympics
It took 71 years of asking, but in 1983 the family of Jim Thorpe was finally given back the two Olympic gold medals Thorpe won at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
July 11, 1992
Track-and-field legend Jim Thorpe, who was stripped of his gold medals for violating amateurism rules, has his 1912 Olympic victories reinstated.
July 15, 2022
Anything the U.S. Olympic movement can do to honor Jim Thorpe is a good thing.
Nov. 19, 1995
Books
Jim Thorpe won two golds at the 1912 Olympics, then had them stripped (and posthumously restored this year). David Maraniss’ new biography honors him.
Aug. 4, 2022
Sports Now
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Feb. 11, 2009
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Indian tribes and Jim Thorpe’s sons to move the remains of the athletic great from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma.
Oct. 5, 2015
Battle for a famed athlete’s remains
June 8, 2013
More than a half-century has passed since state troopers barged into an American Indian burial ceremony in Oklahoma and seized the body of Jim Thorpe so it could be transported halfway across the country.