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===College=== '''College Football''' * [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS#Other selectors|National Champion (''BL'')]] (1911)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Libby National Champions |url=https://www.billlibby.com/libby-national-champions |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Bill Libby |language=en}}</ref> * [[List of Heisman Trophy winners#Retroactive selections|Heisman Trophy]] ([[National Football Foundation|NFF]]) (1911)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retroactive Heisman Winners |url=http://www.footballfoundation.org/Portals/7/nff/file_file/2009_footballetter_issue_3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126011919/http://www.footballfoundation.org/Portals/7/nff/file_file/2009_footballetter_issue_3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26|access-date=April 29, 2025 |website=Football Foundation}}</ref> * Third-team All-American ([[1908 College Football All-America Team|1908]]) ** [[Walter Camp|WC]] third-team All-American (1908) ** [[The Philadelphia Inquirer|''PI'']] All-American team (1908) * 2Γ Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1911 College Football All-America Team|1911]], [[1912 College Football All-America Team|1912]]) ** 2Γ [[Walter Camp|WC]] first-team All-American (1911, 1912)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walter Camp All-Americans By Year |url=https://waltercamp.org/walter-camp-all-america-team-by-year/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=waltercamp.org}}</ref> ** [[Wilton S. Farnsworth|WSF]] second-team All-American (1911) ** [[Charles Chadwick (athlete)|CC]] first-team All-American (1911) ** [[Outing (magazine)|''HL'']] All-American team (1911) ** [[Baseball Magazine|''BM'']] All-American team (1991) ** [[The Christian Science Monitor|''CSM'']] All-American team (1911) ** [[The Post-Standard|''SPS'']] All-American team (1911) ** COMP{{efn|Louis A. Douglier of the ''Washington Times'', picked what he terms the composite All-Star football team, after studying the selections made by 23 newspaper writers.}} first-team All-American (1912)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Saskatoon Phoenix - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nrdfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3082,8863059&dq=brickley+thorpe+felton&hl=en |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=news.google.com}}</ref> ** [[The New York Sun|''NYS'']] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[The Philadelphia Inquirer|''PI'']] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[The Christian Science Monitor|''CSM'']] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[The Baltimore Sun|''BS'']] All-American team (1912) ** [[Robert W. Edgren|RE]]{{efn|sports editor for ''[[The Evening World]]''.}} first-team All-American (1912) ** WJM{{efn|Selected by sports writer William James MacBeth of the [[New York Journal-American|''New York American'']].}} first-team All-American (1912) ** ASH{{efn|Selected by Alfred S. Harvey of the [[List of newspapers in Wisconsin#Defunct|''Milwaukee Free Press'']].}} first-team All-American ** TC{{efn|Selected by Tommy Clark.}} first-team All-American (1912) ** [[Parke H. Davis|PHD]] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[Pop Warner|PW]] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[The Times (Trenton)|''TET'']] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[Hamilton Fish III|HF]] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[The Philadelphia Press|''PP'']] first-team All-American (1912) ** [[Record-Journal|''MDJ'']] first-team All-American (1912) * [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] "unofficial" [[Interception#Gridiron football|interceptions]] leader (1912)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Game-Season-Career Statistical Leaders Pre-1937 |url=https://www.secsportsfan.com/support-files/pre-1937cfbleaders.pdf |access-date=April 29, 2025 |website=SEC Sports Fan}}</ref> * [[List of NCAA major college football yearly scoring leaders#Pre-1937 unofficial data|NCAA "unofficial" scoring leader]] (1912)<ref name=":1" /> * [[List of NCAA major college football yearly rushing leaders#Pre-1937 unofficial data|NCAA "unofficial" touchdowns leader]] (1912)<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Football Hall of Famers Who Are Olympic Medalist |url=https://www.cfbhall.com/news-and-happenings/blog/college-football-hall-of-famers-who-are-olympic-medalist/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.cfbhall.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * 3Γ [[List of NCAA major college football yearly rushing leaders#Pre-1937 unofficial data|NCAA "unofficial" rushing yards leader]] (1908, 1911, 1912)<ref name=":1" /> * 3Γ [[List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders|NCAA "unofficial" total offense leader]] (1908, 1911, 1912)<ref name=":1" /> * [[Carlisle Indians football#All-time team|Carlisle Indians All-Time Team]] * The [[Jim Thorpe Award]], named in his memory, has been awarded to the top [[defensive back]] in [[college football]] since 1986<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Thorpe Award Winners - NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/awards/_/id/10 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> '''Track and Field'''{{efn|The true number of track meets participated in and won is unknown. The following results can be found from a collection of newspaper clippings referenced here.<ref name="Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center">[https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/default/files/docs-ephemera/NARA_1327_b037_f1783.pdf Jim Thorpe Collection]</ref>}} * [[Penn Relays]] (1908)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Penn Relays |url=https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7055a582-0ac2-488c-b6e6-1c0e5b90dc34 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=acrobat.adobe.com}}</ref> ** Tied-1st place β [[High jump]] * [[Carlisle Indian Industrial School|Carlisle]] vs [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]] Dual Meet (1908) ** 1st place β [[Hurdling|High hurdles]] ** 1st place β Low hurdles ** 1st place β [[Shot put]] ** 1st place β [[High jump]] ** 1st place β [[Long jump|Broad jump]] ** 2nd place β [[Hammer throw]] * [[Pennsylvania]] Intercollegiate Championships in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg, PA]] (1908) ** 1st place β [[Hurdling|High hurdles]] ** 1st place β Low hurdles ** 1st place β [[High jump]] ** 1st place β [[Long jump|Broad jump]] ** 1st place β [[Hammer throw]] * Middle Atlantic Athletic Association Championships in [[Philadelphia]] (1908) ** 1st place β [[High hurdles]] ** 1st place β Low hurdles ** 1st place β [[High jump]] ** 1st place β [[Long jump|Broad jump]] ** 1st place β [[Hammer throw]] * Carlisle vs [[Lafayette College|Lafayette]] Dual Meet (1909)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thorpe, James Francis ("Jim") {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/thorpe-james-francis-jim |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Thorpe |url=https://hebfdn.org/portfolio/jim-thorpe/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=H. E. Butt Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> ** 1st place β [[Hurdling|High hurdles]] ** 1st place β Low hurdles ** 1st place β [[High jump]] ** 1st place β [[Long jump]] ** 1st place β [[Shot put]] ** 1st place β [[Discus throw]] ** 3rd place β [[100-yard dash]] * Middle Atlantic Indoor Championship Games at the [[Paterson Armory|Second Regiment Armory]] (1912) ** 1st place β 75-yard dash ** 1st place β [[55 metres hurdles#60 yards hurdles|60 yard high hurdles]] ** 1st place β [[High jump]] ** 1st place β [[Shot put]] ** 2nd place β [[Standing triple jump]] '''Ballroom Dancing''' * Inter-Collegiate [[Ballroom dance|Ballroom Dancing]] Champion (1912)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fame |first=Oklahoma Sports Hall of |title=Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame |url=https://oklahomasportshalloffame.org/jim-thorpe-museum |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>
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