"Mobituaries": The final resting place of sports superstar Jim Thorpe

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9 ай бұрын

Correspondent Mo Rocca investigates how Jim Thorpe, once celebrated as America's greatest athlete, ended up buried in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, a town in which he never set foot. [Don't miss Rocca's podcast "Mobituaries," available wherever you stream or download your podcasts.]
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@jacquelineklinges

My parents and I visit Jim Thorpe all the time and it’s such a beautiful place! It always looks beautiful in the winter when snow is on the mountains!

@kamakoa

RIP legend 🐐 Jim Thorpe 🙏

@robertcuratolo5339

🙂Jim Thorpe may have been the greatest athlete but his personal life was a sad ending.😕

@larryperin

Your "Mobituary" regarding Jim Thorpe the athlete and the town in PA named after him was touching and important, both for its Native American focus but also, for me personally. I grew up there and have maintained our family homestead on the Northern part of the town. The point of this feedback is to emphasize some important issues regarding "Mauch Chunk", the town's original name.

@terrybrown4808

I love every one of these. Remember the Burt Lancaster movie so much as a kid. I’m glad you shined one more light on his wonderful life.

@eclectickimmer

I love Mo's hairstyle!

@jerry42023

The real greatest of all time ,🇺🇲

@karfndaltin4652 Күн бұрын

I was in Jim Thorpe and Poconos and didn't know they were so near to each other.

@lisadunkle4112

That’s my hometown 😊

@paulsolon6229

In high school in Oklahoma thorpe was 2d best athlete in his school.

@susanjon8119

Fascinating

@steveconn

Jim deserves a biopic (hopefully less dull and reverential than Flowers of Killer Moon).

@SteveBrant55

Please post the actual podcast link

@TdT2211

Anita takes after Jim well enough. Thank you for sharing.

@isaacvasquez5414

First nation beast💯💯💯✌🏽

@Bearwoman11

What This story doesn't tell, is how the family wants him back in Oklahoma and buried on tribal land.

@susieinthecountry4434

Mr. Thorpe should be returned to his birthplace. Enough of this sweeping under the rug this despicable treatment of Native Americans. The children of the Carlisle Indian School is another shameful story that should be corrected.

@mtnwriter4011

I felt so sorry (and ashamed as a white man) for the tremendous racial discrimination Thorpe suffered through his entire life. Not to mention the humiliating roles in movies of horribly stereotyped Native Americans. It was "shameful." But, hey, it was no different than how virtually all people "of color" were treated. To rob "the greatest athlete in the world" of medals because of a technicality (which happened just once, for one summer, to feed his family, never warned not to) should be remembered as one of the most reprehensible realities in American history.