The late American athlete and Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe born on May 18, 1915, into a Christian home have received numerous accolades for his athletic accomplishments.
The Associated Press ranked him as the “greatest athlete” from the first 50 years of the 20th century, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted him as part of its inaugural class in 1963.
The town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania was named in his honor. It has a monument site that contains his remains, which were the subject of legal action. Thorpe appeared in several films and was portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe – All-American.
How many children did Jim Thorpe have?
Jim Thorpe is known to have eight children five sons and three daughters namely Grace, Charlotte Marie, Jim Jr., William, Richard, Gale, Carl, and Jack.
Jim Jr. who died at age 3 died in 1918 from infantile paralysis. Infantile paralysis was the term used for what is now called polio, a viral disease, Gale died at the age of 88 from a lengthy illness that was not disclosed, Charlotte died Thursday, December 8, 1998, in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 79, and Grace died on April 1, 2008, from complications following a heart attack.
Jim Thorpe who is known to have married three times first got in 1913, to his wife Iva Miller, whom he had met at Carlisle. They had four children: Jim Jr., Gale, Charlotte, and Grace. Miller filed for divorce from Thorpe in 1925, claiming desertion.
He then found love for the second time and married 1926, Freeda V. Kirkpatrick. She was working for the baseball team manager for which he was playing at the time.
They had four sons: Carl, William, Richard, and John “Jack”. William, Richard, and Jack survived their mother, who divorced their father in 1941 after 15 years of marriage.
His third marriage was the one he was with before his death, to Patricia Askew, who was with him when he died.
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