Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete (Trailer)

"Jim Thorpe, The World’s Greatest Athlete" is the biography of a Native American athlete who became a sports icon.
Thorpe rose to athletic stardom at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, eventually winning two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He fell from grace in the eyes of the amateur athletic establishment, but he couldn't be kept down-his rebound in professional baseball and football is the stuff of legends.
Thorpe retired from pro sports at the age of 41, just before the stock market crash of ’29. He worked as a construction laborer before he found his way to Hollywood, playing bit parts. He eventually became a representative for Indian extras in Hollywood, fighting for equal pay for Native Americans in the movies. In the 1940s he crisscrossed the nation as a public speaker advocating for Indian self-determination.
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