70 years later, Jim Thorpe’s unpublished life story comes to light
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jim Thorpe’s name is stamped across record books, Olympic history and the modern idea of what an athlete can be. But for decades, one thing was missing: his own voice, in his own words, telling his own story.
That changed when his granddaughter found an unpublished manuscript that had been sitting untouched for 70 years.
A Gallery Dedicated to a Legend
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame keeps a section packed with Thorpe memorabilia, medals, records and mementos from a career that helped define modern athletics. Museum curator Justin Lenhart said it’s hard to overstate what Thorpe means to the sport…