Receiving payment to participate in an event disqualified an athlete from that event, as in the case of Jim Thorpe.

" He did make the football team, and was a varsity starter as running back and linebacker in 1912, tackling the legendary Jim Thorpe of the Carlisle Indians that year.

Early football stars such as Jim Thorpe, Paddy Driscoll, and Al Bloodgood were skilled drop-kickers ; Driscoll in 1925 and Bloodgood in 1926 hold a tied NFL record of four drop kicked field goals in a single game.

* 1888 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete ( d. 1953 )

Jim Thorpe, Joe Hipp, Notah Begay III, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Billy Mills are well known professional athletes.

Jim Thorpe was called the " greatest athlete in the world " by king Gustaf V of Sweden

Jim Thorpe, a Sauk and Fox Native American, was an all-round athlete playing football and baseball in the early 20th century.

My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe.

Numerous members, including Larry Csonka, Ray Flaherty, Joe Guyon, Pete Henry, Arnie Herber, Cal Hubbard, Don Maynard, Hugh McElhenny, and Jim Thorpe were at one time associated with the New York Giants, but they were inducted largely based on their careers with other teams.

She also performed in the production of Warrior, a musical about the American-Indian athlete Jim Thorpe, where CurtainUp. com described her as " outstanding.

Names such as Christy Mathewson, Iron Man Joe McGinnity, Bill Terry, Jim Thorpe, Mel Ott, Casey Stengel, and Red Ames are just a sample of the many players who honed their skills under McGraw.

* Jim Thorpe, outfielder

* Jim Thorpe

* May 28 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete ( d. 1953 )

This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, " You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete " after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912.

James Francis " Jim " Thorpe ( Sac and Fox ( Sauk ): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as " Bright Path "; May 28, 1888March 28, 1953 ) was an American athlete of mixed ancestry ( Native American and Caucasian ).

Later that year, Hiram Thorpe died from gangrene poisoning after being wounded in a hunting accident, and Jim again dropped out of school.

Jim Thorpe in Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform, c. 1909.

My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe.

Sheridan, a five-time Olympic gold medalist, was present to watch his record broken, approached Thorpe after the event and shook his hand saying, " Jim, my boy, you're a great man.

" Jim Thorpe and His World-Famous Indians " barnstormed for at least two years ( 1927 – 28 ) in parts of New York and Pennsylvania as well as Marion, Ohio.

Jim Thorpe

" Additionally, the school and journalists often categorized sporting competitions as conflicts of Indians against whites ; newspaper headings such as " Indians Scalp Army 27 – 6 " or " Jim Thorpe on Rampage " made stereotypical journalistic play of the Indian background of Carlisle's football team.

In 1982, Wheeler and Ridlon established the Jim Thorpe Foundation and gained support from the U. S. Congress.

* 1990 – Jim Gary's " Twentieth Century Dinosaurs " exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C.

* 1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player

* 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician

* 1946 – Jim Kiick, American football player

* 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler

* 1944 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer ( Traffic ) ( d. 2005 )

* 1956 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler

* 1988 – Jim Jordan, American actor ( b. 1896 )

* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1942 – Jim Lonborg, American baseball player

* 1933 – Jim Lange, American game show host

* 1935 – Jim Dale, English actor

* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

* 1856 – Diamond Jim Brady, American financier ( d. 1917 )

* 1950 – Jim Beaver, American actor and scriptwriter

* 1970 – Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball coach

* 1959 – Jim McMahon, American football player

* 1965 – Jim Bullinger, American baseball player

* 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer ( d. 1979 )

* 1953 – Jim Allister, Irish politician

* 1947 – The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws.

* 1964 – Jim Ellison, American singer and musician ( Material Issue ) ( d. 1996 )

* 2001 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer ( b. 1939 )

After finishing the season 7 – 9, however, coach Jim Mora was dismissed and Bobby Petrino, the University of Louisville's football coach, replaced him.

* 1943 – Jim Kale, Canadian bassist ( The Guess Who )