If there were ever a historical exception to that, though, it was Jim Thorpe ... In football, he was a first-team all-American in 1911 and 1912. While guiding Carlisle to a 12-1-1 record in ...

The photo, in the original folder frame, shows Thorpe during his career with the Canton Bulldogs football team ... Button from the Carlisle Jaycees’ Project Jim Thorpe, 1969.

A century ago last Friday, America’s greatest athlete, Jim Thorpe, led the Carlisle Indians to an astounding 18-15 victory over Harvard, the returning national champion and the nation’s top ...