1955 Topps All-American #37: Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe 1955 Topps All-American football card

Jim Thorpe

Position: halfback

College: Carlisle

Hometown: Prague, OK

Honors: College Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. See the Gallery's page of Olympic athletes on vintage football cards.