found: His Jim Thorpe's history of the Olympics, 1932.
found: Info. from J. Thorpe's daughter, 10/17/84(Jim Thorpe; b.1887)
found: Wikipedia WWW, Jan. 19, 2011(Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28, 1888-Mar. 28, 1953) was an American athlete of mixed ancestry (mixed Caucasian and American Indian). Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals for the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, played American football (collegiate and professional), and also played professional baseball and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules)
found: Johansen, Bruce E. Encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997:pages 389-390 (James Francis Thorpe; Wathohuck; Sac and Fox/Potawatomi. Born near Prague, Oklahoma.)
