From the Burns Center:
A Look at Jim Thorpe
An evening with biographer Kate Buford
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Jim Thorpe was perhaps the greatest all-around athlete the United States has ever seen, winning gold medals in the 1912 Olympics pentathlon and decathlon, helping create what would become the NFL, and playing professional baseball. But as a Native American, he faced more than his share of challenges and controversy. Author of a new, definitive biography of Thorpe, Kate Buford presents a program of shorts, clips, and discussion about this complex, iconoclastic man, who appeared in bit parts in numerous Hollywood films after his athletic career ended. Total runtime: 100 m.
Q&A Kate Buford will sign copies of Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe.
