It starred Burt Lancaster, playing my dad. And it was showing at the Pearl River Theater that day. "So Dad was standing underneath the marquee, and the marquee had the title on it: 'Jim Thorpe ...

In 1951, his life was chronicled in the Warner Bros. film “Jim Thorpe – All-American” starring Burt Lancaster. He died of heart failure in 1953. Long after his death, his athletic legacy ...