Thorpe, however, easily defeated Wieslander by more than 700 points.

The Indians consisted two future Hall of Famers on the roster, Thorpe and Joe Guyon, however they did not play much.

Mentorn used Thorpe as a Consultant on the series, however, and the initial series of Robot Wars in the UK was broadcast over six weeks in February and March 1998.

Jeremy Thorpe, however, won with six votes to Emlyn Hooson ’ s and Lubbock's three apiece.

Counting only track elements, however, Colossus of Thorpe Park in Chertsey, England, built in 2002, holds the record as the first with ten inversions.

Tony Thorpe returned to the club as Manager, bringing in former West Brom player Shaun Cunnington as his number two, results improved and fan-favourite Nick Bussey returned to the side in goal, however in the face of a relegation battle, Thorpe made the decision to step aside and allow Cunnington to take the helm.

Reportedly, Pop Warner was hesitant to allow Thorpe, his best track and field athlete, to compete in a physical game such as football.

Thorpe was memorialized in the Warner Bros. film Jim Thorpe – All-American ( 1951 ) starring Burt Lancaster, with Billy Gray performing as Thorpe as a child.

Although there were rumors that Thorpe received no money, he was paid $ 15, 000 by Warner Bros. plus a $ 2, 500 donation toward an annuity for him by the studio head of publicity.

Athletic hero Jim Thorpe entered the school in 1907 and joined its football team under coach Glenn Warner (" Pop " Warner ) in 1908.

Thorpe thrived under the football tutelage of equally legendary football coach Glenn S. " Pop " Warner.

He was of unblemished walk in life, says Thorpe, and was regarded affectionately by people of rank, who often consorted with him, took down his sayings, and clung to him.

Future President Dwight Eisenhower, who played against him that season, recalled of Thorpe in a 1961 speech:

Later that year, the IOC unanimously decided to strip Thorpe of his Olympic titles, medals and awards and declare him a professional.

Lastly, Thorpe married Patricia Askew, who was with him when he died.

"), still stands near the town named for him, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.

The towns bought Thorpe's remains, erected a monument to him, merged, and renamed the newly united town in his honor Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania even though Thorpe had never been there.

He claimed that the agreement between his stepmother and Jim Thorpe, Pa., borough officials was made against the wishes of other family members who want him buried in Native American land.

Thorpe was seen in some long shots in the film ; and one scene showed him as a coaching assistant.

Thorpe writes that Home owed his appointment to Stuart's advocacy rather than to any great enthusiasm on the Prime Minister's part ( Churchill referred to him as " Home sweet Home ").

While Thorpe was still a decent player, he had lost much of the speed that helped him throughout his earlier career.

Naturally right-handed, when he was six years old Thorpe changed his stance to make it harder for his two elder brothers to get him out and because the boundary in his garden was shorter on the leg-side for a left-hander.

Thorpe announced his retirement from Test cricket after the England selectors chose Kevin Pietersen instead of him for the first Test of The Ashes in July 2005.

A carriage bringing Don Alvarez to the ship which, unbeknownst to him, Thorpe had captured, also brings his niece.

Mr. Hilton Cubitt of Ridling Thorpe Manor in Norfolk visits Sherlock Holmes and gives him a piece of paper with this mysterious sequence of stick figures.

Third unit director Richard Thorpe was hired on July 17, 1958, at the request of William Wyler to film the above-decks sequences, but a directing commitment back in the United States required him to leave the production with filming still incomplete.

Central Michigan Lifes John Thorpe named it the tenth best episode of the series, and wrote: " The best part comes when Homer decides not to eat the last part of the doughnut, thus saving him from hell.

This run of form led to him being brought into the England Test squad when Graham Thorpe was left doubtful with a finger injury.

The scandal over former party leader Jeremy Thorpe, who was charged with conspiracy to murder in August 1978, was a matter of particular concern and Penhaligon urged Thorpe to stand down and the Liberal Party not to endorse him.

Unwilling to accept her attraction toward him, Ruth gets rather close to a gambler acquaintances of Flack's, Thorpe ( Ian Keith ), who joined the trail after being caught gambling.

Thorpe competed under him from 1907-1911.

Suspicious of Thorpe's expedition, Lord Wolfingham ( Henry Daniell ), one of the Queen's ministers ( and a secret Spanish collaborator ), sends a spy to try to discover where the Albatross is really heading, but to no avail ; the courtiers are told that Thorpe is going on a trading expedition up the Nile River in Egypt.

In a 1961 speech, Eisenhower recalled Thorpe: " Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed.

By some Shakespearian commentators Pembroke has been identified with the " Mr W. H ." referred to as " the onlie begetter " of Shakespeare's sonnets in the dedication by Thomas Thorpe, the owner of the published manuscript, while his mistress, Mary Fitton, has been identified with the " dark lady " of the sonnets.

In 1972 these areas were taken into the newly formed City of Leeds Metropolitan District, although Thorpe, Lofthouse, Carlton and some parts of Robin Hood have a Wakefield postcode.

Canton manager, Jack Cusack, also picked up some former Akron players and, signed Jim Thorpe, to his renamed Canton Bulldogs team.

Steel has been criticised both then and since for not driving a harder bargain ; the opposing case is that the continuing scandal surrounding Thorpe left the party in a very weak state to face an early general election and Steel was wise to buy himself some time from Callaghan.

While many of the members of the team were not full-blooded Indians, Thorpe himself was three-eights Irish, every identifiable team member has proved to have at least some Indian blood.

There are some crossroads at Balne Moor, and it passes through Whitley Thorpe and Whitley and the George & Dragon.

Thorpe suggested defining imitation as " the copying of a novel or otherwise improbable act or utterance, or some act for which there is clearly no instinctive tendency.

Garforth has increasingly become a commuter town of Leeds There is a light industrial estate to the North of the town which provides some employment, such as Ginetta Cars, while the neighbouring Thorpe Business Park in Colton also provides employment.

The church contains some fine Mousie Thompson carvings. There is a Methodist Chapel in West Thorpe, which opened on 17 July 1954, after the original 1816 Chapel in Slingsby Road was closed.

All other modes are unofficial as the rights for these belong to EA Sports and therefore some players and kits are made up ; for example Graham Thorpe becomes " G Thrip " and Shane Warne becomes " S Worde ".