Jim thorpe is one of the greatest of all time, if not the greatest. Its a shame that everyone was racist back then and limited his potential after the olympics.
On another, lance is still in yellow today :thumbsup: gotta love working at espn, get paid to watch the race every day. I actually don\'t like my weekends in july, because I can\'t see the race 
Thorpe was black? His photo\'s make him look pretty white.
FZ, you work @ ESPN... do you know Mary Buckheit?
If I rememeber correctly Jim Thorpe was a Native American Indian
" James Francis Thorpe was born on May 28, 1887 in a one-room cabin in Oklahoma. Although there is much confusion on Thorpe\'s date of birth, this is the date according to his estate. His very existence was an excellent representation of the melting pot that was America. He had some French and Irish blood but he was of mostly Sac and Fox Indian heritage. His Indian name, Wa-Tho-Huk, translated to "Bright Path", something that Thorpe definitely had ahead of him."
