Winning Olympic Gold Wearing Different Sized Shoes Found in a Dumpster - The Amazing Jim Thorpe

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When people make lists of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, they are populated with the usual suspects: Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams, Wayne Gretzky, Jim Brown, Pele… but there is one name that should always make the list even though many people, even the biggest sports fans, may not recognize it, or if they do, they know little about the man- Jim Thorpe.
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@BronxLockPicker60Rodriguez 5 лет назад

Living in Kennett Square PA, I visited Jim Thorpe's grave several times. It's a shame he died penny less. RIP my friend.

@voidremoved 5 лет назад

cia stole his shoes

@bigwig8657 3 года назад

@@voidremoved his teamate did

@carmaela2689 11 месяцев назад

Sad he's buried in a town he never stepped foot in while alive

@homebasedparttimeonlinepla83 4 месяца назад

Never mind he died pennyless God will provide him life everlasting

@stevefowler2112 5 лет назад

When I was a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's I once asked my Dad who was the best Pro football player that ever played...He told me Jim Brown would get most people's vote but he said his would be Jim Thorpe...he then went on to tell me a bit about him and his Olympic gold medals and then said in his eye he was the best athlete ever. As we had rumors of a touch of Indian blood on my Dad's side and since I pretty much lived to play football and hunt/explore in the woods I considered myself with some Indian athleticism and comfortableness in the woods Jim Thorpe became my boyhood idol and Hero.

@stephencarter744 3 года назад

All Americans especially 'WASP' and "Black" Americans are rumored to have a "touch of native American blood. Unless your father actually saw Jim Thorpe play (any sport), his judgment is suspect. I'm sure your father is a great guy, but I'd take his opinion with a grain of salt (unless he actually saw Thorpe perform).

@carmaela2689 11 месяцев назад

@@stephencarter744why can't you judge someone ad a superior athlete based on stats? Why do you have to see them to have an opinion? That doesn't make sense. I was barely old enough to have remembered watching Flo Jo in the 1987 Olympics but I still regard her as one of the greatest. And I think she was robbed because of the bullshit about her being aided by "wind". It's called history. You don't have to have actually seen it to learn and compare to other similar events.

@stephencarter744 11 месяцев назад

@@carmaela2689 OK...but you _did_ see Flojo compete, didn't you? You can actually review most of her races today on RU-vid. You really can't review Jim Thorpe's activities the same way. You're opinions can only be second hand.

@darreljones8645 5 лет назад

Bonus fact #2: Jim Thorpe's 1912 Olympic decathlon performance was so strong, it would have won a silver medal in 1948, thirty-six years later. Bonus fact #3: After Thorpe's medals were stripped from him, the runners-up declined to accept his golds. They were restored to him in 1984.

@BreakerInc 2 года назад

Just finished the video, and while I'm glad his medals were restored to him, they should never have been taken away. Sickening, but at least he lived his best life.

@Johnadams20760 6 месяцев назад

think about this. had he not had his shoes stolen, likely slowing him down, and had he known to run and throw the javelin, i am guessin gthat would not have happened til 1960 something

@FlyJohnny100 5 лет назад

Even without his many jaw-dropping disadvantages, it's hard to argue against him being the top all-around athlete of the 20th century.

@stephencarter744 3 года назад

Nah, it's quite easy. Interesting guy though.

@brettbarker8444 3 года назад

I’m not sure why you’d take someone’s disadvantages into account when discussing top athlete, but amazing story.

@mitchelvalentino1569 5 лет назад

Thank you for this video. Jim Thorpe is one of my favorite athletes ever. And I especially love these kinds of stories.

@Serene80 5 лет назад

I'm from Minnesota but have always been interested in Native American history. That's why I read about Jim Thorpe...

@ciotie101 5 лет назад

My father told me this story as a kid. He always said he was the greatest Okie ever born. Not sure if this is true but I was always told that when the king of Sweden told Jim, “You are the greatest athlete to have ever lived.” Jim looked at him blushed a bit and said, “Thanks king.” So perfect for a poor Okie Indian.

@airjordan1325 5 лет назад

Wasn't mentioned in the video, but 30 years after he died his medals were reinstated by the International Olympic Committee

@YouTubecanfuckagoat 5 лет назад

Shadow Phoenix Good to know. Thanks for posting.

@mitchelvalentino1569 5 лет назад

Great comment! 👍

@Serene80 5 лет назад

Thank you! That's what I was thinking I remembered. Why the hell wouldn't that have been mentioned. Kinda big to leave out!!!

@jonfernandez8027 5 лет назад

Wonderful! I'm glad! Ty for mentioning!

@sailingsolar 5 лет назад

Your right! It is an important foot note.

@nosuchthing8 5 лет назад

He finished third in an event he never tried in the olympics. WOW.

@Johnadams20760 6 месяцев назад

from what i read he learned it just before he went over there. but beyond that. he threwthe javelin without a runnin gstart. afterwards someone asked im why he didn't ru , he said "oh, you can do that?

@DavidMartin-lj8yj 5 лет назад

I am Potawatomi. Jim is still a huge inspiration to our people. Also, my grandmother was put in a boarding school as a child and it feels so good to hear you talk about them. Most people have no idea how negative of an affect it had on all natives.

@jonfernandez8027 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for covering such an amazing athlete! Superior content as always! ^_^

@mikeyoung00 5 лет назад

Thorpe's two olympic gold medals from 1912 were posthumously restored to him in 1982 by the IOC, upon the request of USOC president William E. Simon. Too late for Jim, the restoration does provide some justice for his memory. Thorpe is in the Football Hall of Fame and the Track and Field Hall of Fame.

@kwebst1 5 лет назад

his great nephews were my neighbors. One became (is) a pro golfer. Both were fabulously talented in sports while in high school. My little brother would practice so hard to make a team and they just had to try out and they were so good they got on baseball and football teams in high school.

@nathancate582 5 лет назад

Ive always said he was the best athlete of all time. He could do multiple sports VERY well.

@omindon 5 лет назад

Jim Thorpe the town is trying to change it's name back to Mauch Chunk. It is a really interesting town and I recommend visiitng it. I believe the reason they picked the town was probably back in the mid to late 1800's there were 13 millionaires in the world and 7 of them lived there. So it has some interesting history. That would be my guess anyhow. The ASA Packard Mansion is there and they were big in the railroad. Mansion is still original with all the original furniture. Also the Haunted Mansion at Disney is modeled after the Harry Packard Mansion which is located in Jim Thorpe as well.

@TheRealAirhead 5 лет назад

I love Jim Thorpe. It's so beautiful. Great rafting there as well.

@madamesalamander16 5 лет назад

I'm a JT resident, and we have made no plans to resume the town's former name. Jim rests here, and we celebrate him proudly. The name Mauch Chunk is preserved through our considerable history, as well as being a popular choice for business names and local events. And the family of which you speak is Packer, not Packard. Asa Packer became rich in railroad construction in the mid 1800s. The Packard family made automobiles at the turn of the 20th century. And you are correct about the Asa Packer mansion being intact. When the estate was willed to the Jim Thorpe Borough, all they did was cut the springs loose in the upholstered furniture so that they didn't rust through the fabric.

@skyden24195 5 лет назад

If Jim Thorpe was around today, he would probably win "Dancing With The Stars."

@Atleastihavemydog 2 года назад

And then he’d have a reality show and run for President!

@heatherlongacre4246 5 лет назад

I found this video very interesting. Being from PA and visiting Jim Thorpe in the past, I never knew who he was or why he had a town named for him. Thank you for the education today!

@djb903 5 лет назад

Beast mode. A true American hero!

@carmaela2689 11 месяцев назад

This man deserves a really, really, good quality movie made about him.

@shadowboxing7029 4 года назад

I'd never heard of him until Drunk History. This incredible man should be known the world over.

@sirsavagethe21st56 5 лет назад

They don't wanna talk about him cause he's over powered!!!!!

@gretchensweetheart9298 5 лет назад

I grew up around Jim Thorpe (the town). There has been a legal battle with his kids and the town.

@TheRealAirhead 5 лет назад

I live 15 minutes away from Jim Thorpe. I love it there, I lived there for about a year. So beautiful and so much history.

@shadowboxing7029 4 года назад

It's really sad, he should have been buried according to his culture by his people. I hope that changes one day. So heartbreaking for his children.

@dawsonseiders4119 5 лет назад

There's a statue of Jim Thorpe in Pottsville PA

@route2070 5 лет назад

Jim Thorpe has a school (I believe a high school) named after him on the Pine Ridge Reservation. He may not be the first athlete to have that honor, but it isn't that common.

@a_literal_brick 5 лет назад

An athlete like that only comes around once in a century. It’s a shame that it ended so poorly for him

@davidhealdjr.513 5 лет назад

Up until about 1:30 today, I worked across the street from the Jim Thorpe museum.

@FunnyCODAssasin 5 лет назад

Nice

@sinisterthoughts2896 5 лет назад

The town of Prague Oklahoma isn't pronounced the same as the historic city. It's pronounced more like the word prey with a "g" sound. Before anyone argues, I was born and raised in Oklahoma and lived just a few miles from Prague for a decade.

@walruso5745 5 лет назад

Praig USA

@mdh88 3 года назад

According to a mini-biography, Thorpe was also adept at swimming, lacrosse, wrestling, golf, and tennis. Somehow this seems pretty easy to believe.

@Johnadams20760 6 месяцев назад

i also read somehwere along the way he won a yacht racing competition as well, i mean not sure how athletics is involved but still

@currykingwurst6393 5 лет назад

Someone needs to make a biopic about this legend.

@edubz1906 5 лет назад

The 1904 St Louis Olympic Games marathon is a hilarious and outrageous story that reminded me of this

@lancefisher8358 5 лет назад

What an absolute unit

@julius-stark 5 лет назад

Idea for a video: where the phrase "tie the knot" came from? Not sure if you've covered it yet.

@bigwig8657 3 года назад

Ballroom dance champions I am aware of: Bruce Lee Jim Thorpe Clearly dancing is not for the weak.

@mechapineman 5 лет назад

No mention of the LaRue Oorang Indians? Smallest town to ever hold a NFL franchise and an all Native American team where Thorpe played and coached the team.

@Jeremy-The-Bullfrog 5 лет назад

So that's why that town in the Poconos is called Jim Thorpe.

@kali3665 5 лет назад

The great Jim Thorpe. What the Olympic Committee did to him was a crime. What WE did to him was unacceptable.

@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 5 лет назад

I thought it was a crime that Jim Thorpe didn't come in first in Sports Illustrated greatest athletes of the twentieth century edition. Could you also do a video on Babe Didrickson Zaharias?

@tomrusson6126 5 лет назад

I'm English and had never heard of Jim Thorpe. Great video!

@sailingsolar 5 лет назад

You should endeavor to watch the movie about his life. Just so you know more.

@tomrusson6126 5 лет назад

@@sailingsolar I might, sounds like an interesting, complicated guy. Might get there, may not.

@sailingsolar 5 лет назад

@@tomrusson6126 I understand. FYI, 30 years after he died his medals were reinstated by the International Olympic Committee.

@shelleynobleart 5 лет назад

Life in real time is wild and then forgotten. History like this puts it back together for us.

@cindymckown821 2 года назад

He may have had no connection to the town in Pennsylvania that took his name, but to this day the town is proud of him, and honored to be his resting place.

@carmaela2689 11 месяцев назад

It's still wrong.

@Johnadams20760 6 месяцев назад

i would say that the fact he batted .329 in his last year in the MLB, even though it wasn't the best. that is still pretty darn good

@candiceyoung8244 5 лет назад

As part native American myself im very proud of him,and i feel he was the greatest althelete who ever lived

@metamorphicorder 5 лет назад

I know that this will confuse Simon but that town name is pronounced prayg. Dont ask thats just how they say it there.

@metamorphicorder 5 лет назад

@Bad Cattitude always said it myama.

@sinisterthoughts2896 5 лет назад

@Bad Cattitude "my am a" Grew up near there. Friends went to college there as well. Never heard "me am a". Thats funny people mispronounce Amarillo. Oklahoma is full of oddly pronounced towns. I should know, I've been to most.

@damnbro_idc 5 лет назад

I feel dumb for using blisters from high-heels as an excuse to not go to the gym.

@YouTubecanfuckagoat 5 лет назад

Not Me Me too...

@petuniafuzz9083 5 лет назад

Everybody should see the Bert Lancaster movie about Jim Thorpe. My parents thought his story was an important part of my education.

@petuniafuzz9083 5 лет назад

@@sonza68 Thank you for the tip. I just finished the second part. He was something else. I want my grandkids to see this. The youngest couldn't sit through it just yet. Thank you. ☺️

@YouTubecanfuckagoat 5 лет назад

Ah Simon. Informative as always. Carry on Man. Carry on.

@chrissinclair4442 4 года назад

Jim Thorpe. Athlete and if you ever played Pop Warner football, give him a thanks.

@TallifTallonbrook 5 лет назад

Jim Thorp was a god that walked the earth.

@acoupleofschoes 5 лет назад

Forgot to add portrayed by Jason Momoa on Drunk History :)

@im.empimp 5 лет назад

"Drunk History - Jim Thorpe Trains for the Decathlon" - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_TA01N8mp5U.html

@sinisterthoughts2896 5 лет назад

I'd be happy to forget everything about jason momoa.

@deadfreightwest5956 5 лет назад

Jim Thorpe was my US History teacher. Well, _a_ Jim Thorpe, that is.

@marksimon8393 3 года назад

Jim Thorpes statue is in the National Football League Hall of Fame 🏈

@ehrldawg 5 лет назад

So that's where "Pop Warner" of Pop Warner football came from.

@macsnafu 5 лет назад

Jim Thorpe House is in the small town of Yale, Oklahoma. This isn't his childhood home, but a house he bought and lived in with his wife and children for a few years. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and functions as a small museum to Thorpe. There's also a small cabin in Yale that is allegedly his childhood home.

@marlonperryman7129 9 месяцев назад

Greatest athlete ever

@carltonleboss 5 лет назад

I always felt the "strict amateurism" policy was stupid-quite a few greats were denied medals because of this.

@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv 5 лет назад

It was promoted by Slavery Avery. Who competed in the Modern Pentathalon against Thorpe and worked endlessly til Thorpe' medals were taken from him. Thus moving Slavery Avery up in the Olympic Record. HE was in charge of the IOC for decades and clearly hated being being beaten by a poor Amerind. Most of the athletes hated that SOB.

@0Buddhaspot0 5 лет назад

Thanks TIFO, I have a tee w Jim on the front and I am often asked about it😁

@shilohstore6086 5 лет назад

Greatest athlete of all time ↘️ .

@stuartcousins9269 5 лет назад

Jim Thorp is a standard by many of us lesser athletes strived for.

@killercaos123 5 лет назад

The definitive definition of "Legend".

@LathosZan 5 лет назад

Simply amazing.

@treece3698 5 лет назад

So proud to share ancestry with Jim Thorpe!

@lilimdanvers 5 лет назад

Jim Thrope. The Greatest American Classic Athlete.

@dustanglx50 5 лет назад

His statue is was the first thing you'd see when entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they changed the entrance, so, it's still there gracing the rotunda, but, i think you enter to the right of him now.

@someidiotmetalhead 5 лет назад

I actually live by the town named after him!

@roberthudson1959 6 месяцев назад

The IOC restored his Olympic championships in 2022.

@dylancolon-r2w 5 дней назад

His name Also means path lit by lighting

@OCs_And_Stories Год назад

I think he was the greatest athlete to ever live bar none

@roundmike2415 5 лет назад

Jim Thorpe for half time entertainment during his pro football career would place kick to one goal post and then turn around and drop kick to the other side.

@Pepisthe1 5 лет назад

There's also a college football award named after him. Given out to the top Defensive Back. That's the only reason why I knew his name before. Thank you for making this video.

@Johnadams20760 6 месяцев назад

actaully not fore the best defensive back, for the best all around player. it is always guys who try to play in games for more than 1 position and do well like thorpe did.

@lostlogic2840 5 лет назад

I live in Canton Ohio, I literally just drove past the hall of fame, as you were saying where it was located.

@oopsmybad8160 2 года назад

You should do 1 on how the world health organization gave reservations a fail in America.

@skpjoecoursegold366 5 лет назад

i visited Jim Thorpe, Penn 2 years ago.............nice town to visit.

@MrShiftey13 Год назад

Damn, this dude was a BEAST!

@stromagedon 5 лет назад

may The Creator bless Jim Thorpe.

@TheZulu13 5 лет назад

I have a question. What happens to all the stuff people level at the grave sites of the dead?

@GolfPrincessCL 5 лет назад

Great little town (Jim Thorpe PA or Mauch Chunk PA) with lots of history that warrants it's own video (hint hint). The Molly Macguires are in many stories, too (including the hand print in the jail cell that keeps reappearing, regardless of the number of coats of paint over it).

@jasonhatt4295 5 лет назад

0:40 That's cool he's from Prague!

@bigwig8657 3 года назад

The Brightest of Paths

@walruso5745 5 лет назад

That burial is messed up

@billbalogh9101 3 года назад

#1of the 20th century.

@stevecannon1774 5 лет назад

In Oklahoma, Prague is pronounced with a long a, Praygue. Prague in the Check Republic and Prague Oklahoma are sister cities. There is a yearly Kolache festival in Oklahoma, with polka in the street and all kinds of "Bohemian" treats, music and food. It used to be very worth going to, but I haven't been back to Oklahoma for a decade or so. It is where I am from and that is so true, It's a great place to be from. The "Christians" and Repubublican'ts are so intolerant of anything and anyone who is different and pass laws to make it hard for people who are gay or female.

@madamesalamander16 5 лет назад

The "h" is silent in Mauch Chunk. It's pronounced "Mock Chunk." Mauch Chunk is the Lenni Lenape name for "Mountain of the Sleeping Bear."

@dylanangel2870 5 лет назад

this was good enough to be a biographics thing

@waa51797 5 лет назад

I’d like to hear a podcast about how Simon has probably never seen any of the movies that he just presented on the TopTenz channel 😂😂😂 I’m sure Davens seen them all

@chrislaursen8723 Год назад

He was a direct descendant of Black Hawk from his Potowatami mother 🤔

@fredbeach2085 3 года назад

Jim Thorpe ia probably the only native American now looking down on us mere mortals from Mount Olympus.

@Ferret8185 5 лет назад

What a bitter sweet life. He should have had better.

@bettyscoggins7769 4 года назад

Hey kid, he was never mentioned because he was American Native like me.

@mariellaesposito8194 5 лет назад

Where my Jim Thorpe, PA fellas at?

@TheMehukas 5 лет назад

Put the number on sceeen. Boring to listwn 7778. 5 points won by 77736.4piibts when he got 8827.2points You see it isnt as good as just showing it or do you want longer video?

@Holsp 5 лет назад

Wait you have Prague the capital city of Czech republic in america? Damn

@Johnny_Shields 5 лет назад

Why isn't this a Biographics?

@YouTubecanfuckagoat 5 лет назад

Johnny Shields Good question

@TodayIFoundOut 5 лет назад

Biographics and TIFO are different companies :-) -Daven

@YouTubecanfuckagoat 5 лет назад

Today I Found Out Good Answer

@Bill_Woo 5 лет назад

Nice going, Simon

@pohldriver 5 лет назад

Mauch Chunk was also where 4 of the Molly Maguires were executed. Allegedly the handprint of one left a mark on a wall that still remains today...even after the wall was torn down and rebuilt. I've never taken the tour despite going there quite often, as recently as last week. In the '90s it was a nice little town to visit and walk around. But, by the 2000s it became a popular place to visit. During summer and fall it can take a half hour to get through town. It was one of the wealthy resort areas back in the day, and is where the first "roller coaster" was located. It was a gravity railroad on the side of the mountain built to carry coal down to the canal and railroad. Once the mine closed, they converted the cars to carry people and started giving rides. Tourism died after the Great Depression and by the world wars, the track, cars, and equipment went for scrap. There is an effort to restore the line, but its currently a walking path.

@EmeraldEyesEsoteric 5 лет назад

The title is confusing. I thought it implied that he himself was found in a dumpster, wearing different shoes, and that the video would be addressing his murder.

@zakleclaire1858 5 лет назад

I think this is the first time Ive heard a Potawatomi mentioned in a video I hadnt intentionally searched for. If your up for it, can you do a Biographic an Main Poc or Black Hawk?

@Serene80 5 лет назад

I think I read once that they posthumously returned his Olympic medals. Is that right?

@meepmoop99 5 лет назад

Yes

@6thwilbury2331 5 лет назад

"When people make lists of the greatest athletes of the 20th century... there is one name that should always make the list, even though many people - even the biggest sports fans - might not recognize it." Granted, I work in the world of sports, so my contemporaries do not represent the general population, but I don't know very many people who WOULDN'T put Thorpe among the top five. In fact, when ESPN did its SportsCentury list about 20 years ago, my old college roommate and I were completely surprised when Thorpe checked in at No. 7. We wondered what the criteria must have been such he wasn't higher. Of course, ESPN piled a huge amount of stock in an athlete's larger impact on history and culture. And indeed, eight of the top 10 were figures who transcended sport so much that they were known even among non-sports fans. (The other two, Thorpe and Babe Didrikson Zaharias, were people who were great in multiple sports rather than being singularly transformative in one.) But yeah, anyone putting together any sort of list will have Thorpe high in the rankings, or else that person shows they are not qualified to compile it in the first place. I'll hereby request a future episode of Biographics on Thorpe. He definitely warrants the deeper-dive nature of that channel.