Editing Jim Thorpe (section)

=== Olympic awards reinstated ===
[[File:2018 Native American Dollar Reverse.jpg|thumb|alt=One dollar coin depicting a headshot and two body shots of Thorpe competing. The text reads "Jim Thorpe / Wa-Tho-Huk" on top and "United States of America" on the bottom.|Thorpe is featured on the reverse of the 2018 [[Sacagawea dollar]].]]

Over the years, supporters of Thorpe attempted to have his Olympic titles reinstated.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=June 22, 1975 |title=Jim Thorpe's Medals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/22/archives/dave-anderson-jim-thorpes-medals.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |page=S5}}</ref> American Olympic officials, including former teammate and later president of the IOC [[Avery Brundage]], rebuffed several attempts. Brundage once said, "Ignorance is no excuse."<ref name="SI2004" /> Most persistent were the author Robert Wheeler and his wife, Florence Ridlon. They succeeded in having the AAU and [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|United States Olympic Committee]] overturn its decision and restore Thorpe's amateur status before 1913.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Wethe |first1=David |last2=Whiteley |first2=Michael |date=July 21, 2002 |title=Legends lunches begin this fall with Bob Lilly |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2002/07/22/newscolumn1.html |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref>

In 1982, Wheeler and Ridlon established the Jim Thorpe Foundation and gained support from the [[United States Congress|U.S.&nbsp;Congress]]. Armed with this support and evidence from 1912 proving that Thorpe's disqualification had occurred after the 30-day time period allowed by Olympics rules, they succeeded in making the case to the IOC. In October 1982, the IOC Executive Committee approved Thorpe's reinstatement.<ref name="Anderson" /> In an unusual ruling, they declared that Thorpe was co-champion with [[Ferdinand Bie]] and [[Hugo Wieslander]], although both of these athletes had always said they considered Thorpe to be the only champion. In a ceremony on January 18, 1983, the IOC presented two of Thorpe's children, Gale and Bill, with commemorative medals.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mather |first1=Victor |last2=Panja |first2=Tariq |date=July 15, 2022 |title=Jim Thorpe Is Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/sports/olympics/jim-thorpe-olympics-medal-restored.html |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="Anderson">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Anderson (sportswriter) |date=February 7, 1983 |title=Jim Thorpe's Family Feud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/07/sports/jim-thorpe-s-family-feud.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 23, 2007 |work=The New York Times |page=C4}}</ref> Thorpe's original medals had been held in museums, but they were stolen and have never been recovered.{{Sfn|O'Hanlon-Lincoln|2004|p=132}} The IOC listed Thorpe as a co-gold medalist.<ref name="recognized" />

In July 2020, a petition from Bright Path Strong<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bengel |first=Chris |date=July 16, 2020 |title=Petition filed to restore Jim Thorpe's status as sole gold medalist |url=https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/petition-filed-to-restore-jim-thorpes-status-as-sole-gold-medalist/ |access-date=August 8, 2022 |website=CBS Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2022 |title=Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1111739166/jim-thorpe-reinstated-1912-olympics |access-date=August 8, 2022 |publisher=NPR |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> began circulating that called upon the IOC to reinstate Thorpe as the sole winner in his events in the 1912 Olympics. It was backed by Pictureworks Entertainment, which is making a film about Thorpe. The petition was supported by Olympian [[Billy Mills]], who won a gold medal in the 10,000&nbsp;meters at the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jenni |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Jim Thorpe petition drive starts to restore his status as sole winner of 1912 Olympic gold medals |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/5666861/jim-thorpe-petition-drive-starts-to-restore-his-status-as-sole-winner-of-1912-olympic-gold-medals |access-date=July 17, 2020 |website=The Oklahoman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barker |first=Philip |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Campaign launched to recognise Thorpe as sole champion from Stockholm 1912 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096326/stockholm-campaign-thorpe-golds |access-date=July 17, 2020 |publisher=Inside the Games}}</ref> The IOC voted to reinstate Thorpe as the sole winner of both events on July 14, 2022, after the National Olympic Committees of Norway and Sweden, representing Bie and Wieslander, had given their approval.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Schaap |first=Jeremy |date=July 15, 2022 |title=IOC reinstates Jim Thorpe as sole winner of 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/34245374/ioc-reinstates-jim-thorpe-sole-winner-1912-olympic-decathlon-pentathlon |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=[[ESPN.com]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 15, 2022 |title=IOC to display the name of Jim Thorpe as sole Stockholm 1912 pentathlon and decathlon gold medallist |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-to-display-the-name-of-jim-thorpe-as-sole-stockholm-1912-pentathlon-and-decathlon-gold-medallist |access-date=October 2, 2023 |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>