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House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: March 22, 2017 10:32 AM
From: Representative Doyle Heffley
To: All House members
Subject: Jim Thorpe Day in PA - Heffley
 
In the near future I will introduce a resolution to designate May 20, 2017, as 'Jim Thorpe Day' in Pennsylvania.

Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe was born on May 28, 1888 near Prague, Oklahoma and was a member of the Native American Sac and Fox Nation. He attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where he played football and was awarded All-American honors in 1911 and 1912. In 1912 he represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Stockholm where he became the first American athlete to win the pentathlon and decathlon in one Olympic year.

Jim Thorpe played baseball for the New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves; football for the Canton Bulldogs; and basketball for two years after his retirement from professional football. While coaching and playing for the Canton Bulldogs he became the American Professional Football Association's first president.

Jim Thorpe's final resting place is Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, which was renamed Jim Thorpe in 1954 after this exceptional athlete. After his death, he was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame, voted America's Greatest All-Around Athlete, name ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century and served as a namesake for the Jim Thorpe Award which was established in 1986 for the best defensive back in college football.

Please consider co-sponsoring this resolution which designates a day to celebrate and honor Jim Thorpe's achievements and his life.



Introduced as HR244