Wednesday 26 April 2023

Jim Thorpe

Born: 22 May 1887, Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA
Died: 28 March 1953, Lomita, California, USA
 
Jim Thorpe was an all-round native American athlete who played Major League baseball and professional (American) football in the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the NFL). After his career in sport was over he used his fame to carve out a film career, often playing sportsmen or indians in Westerns.
 
Off His Base (1932) as Jim Thorpe
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Contributors