Jim Thorpe was a legendary Native American athlete whose unparalleled versatility earned him fame in professional football, baseball, and basketball. After winning two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics, he was famously stripped of his titles due to a strict rules violation regarding his brief semi-professional baseball career. His athletic dominance extended to the NFL, where he served as the league's inaugural president, and the MLB, where he played six seasons. Despite facing racial inequality and enduring a difficult later life marked by poverty, his honors were eventually restored by the International Olympic Committee. Today, he is remembered through numerous hall of fame inductions and the Pennsylvania town that bears his name.