Editing Jim Thorpe (section)

===Honors===
[[File:JimThorpeGoudeycard.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Sports card of Jim Thorpe. In the center, he is shown from the torso up wearing his jersey.|1933 [[Goudey]] Sport Kings card of Thorpe]]
Thorpe's tribe, the Sac and Fox Nation, added Olympic rings to their official flag to honor him.<ref name=ohs/>

Thorpe's monument, featuring the quote from Gustav&nbsp;V ("You, sir, are the greatest athlete in the world."), still stands near the town named for him, [[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania]].{{Sfn|Hoxie|1996|p=628}} The grave rests on mounds of soil from Thorpe's native Oklahoma and from the stadium in which he won his Olympic medals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Thorpe, PA - Jim Thorpe's Tourist Attraction Grave |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/3583 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=www.roadsideamerica.com |language=en}}</ref>

Thorpe's achievements received great acclaim from sports journalists, both during his lifetime and since his death. In 1950, an [[Associated Press]] poll of almost 400&nbsp;sportswriters and broadcasters voted Thorpe the "greatest athlete" of the first half of the 20th&nbsp;century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Thorpe |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574686/Jim_Thorpe.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908004723/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574686/Jim_Thorpe.html |archive-date=September 8, 2007 |website=encarta.msn.com}}</ref> That same year, the [[Associated Press]] ranked Thorpe as the "greatest American football player" of the first half of the century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography - The Official Licensing Website of Jim Thorpe |url=http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/biography/ |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=Jim Thorpe |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] voters selected him for the [[National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team|NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 1969 |title=Unitas QBs NFL Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48315094/nfl-50th-anniversary-team/ |access-date=May 1, 2020 |work=The Tampa Tribune |page=5-F |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 1999, the Associated Press placed him third on its list of the top athletes of the century, following [[Babe Ruth]] and [[Michael Jordan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100 athletes of the 20th century |url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ssat2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312070523/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ssat2.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2009 |website=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> [[ESPN]] ranked Thorpe seventh on their list of best North American athletes of the century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top N. American athletes of the century |url=https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/athletes.html |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

Thorpe was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1963, one of seventeen players in the charter class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Famers by Year of Enshrinement |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/years.aspx |access-date=September 6, 2012 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame}}</ref> Thorpe is memorialized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame rotunda with a larger-than-life statue. He was also inducted into halls of fame for college football, American Olympic teams, and the national track and field competition.<ref name="CNN" />

In 2018, Thorpe became one of the inductees in the first induction ceremony held by the [[National Native American Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2018 |title=National Native American Hall of Fame names first twelve historic inductees |url=https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/news/national-native-american-hall-of-fame-names-first-twelve-historic-inductees-e-Uu9NZBh0K9TPrv992tyQ/ |access-date=October 22, 2018 |publisher=IndianCountryToday.com}}</ref> The fitness center and a hall at [[Haskell Indian Nations University]] are named in honor of Thorpe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2016 |title=Haskell Indian Nations University Directory |url=https://www.haskell.edu/info/directory/ |access-date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=[[Haskell Indian Nations University]]}}</ref>

President [[Richard Nixon]], as authorized by U.S.&nbsp;Senate Joint Resolution&nbsp;73, proclaimed Monday, April 16, 1973, as "Jim Thorpe Day" to promote nationwide recognition of Thorpe's life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Proclamation 4209—Jim Thorpe Day |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-4209-jim-thorpe-day |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=The American Presidency Project}}</ref> In 1986, the Jim Thorpe Association established an award with Thorpe's name. The [[Jim Thorpe Award]] is given annually to the best [[defensive back]] in [[college football]]. The annual [[Thorpe Cup]] athletics meeting is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=16 Jahre "Thorpe Cup" |url=http://www.zehnkampfteam.de/statistiken/thorpe-cup/historie/geschichte.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405053554/http://www.zehnkampfteam.de/statistiken/thorpe-cup/historie/geschichte.html |archive-date=April 5, 2010 |access-date=August 10, 2010 |website=Zehnkampf.de |language=de}}</ref> The [[United States Postal Service]] issued a 32¢ stamp on February 3, 1998, as part of the [[Celebrate the Century]] stamp sheet series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2011 |title=American Indian Subjects on United States Postage Stamps |url=http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/american-indian-stamp-subjects-2011.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330072458/http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/american-indian-stamp-subjects-2011.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |access-date=July 28, 2013 |publisher=United States Postal Service}}</ref>

In a poll of sports fans published in 2000 by [[ESPN on ABC|ABC&nbsp;Sports]], Thorpe was voted the Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century; the pool of 15 other top athletes included [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Pelé]], Babe Ruth, [[Jesse Owens]], [[Wayne Gretzky]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], and Michael Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 14, 2000 |title=Wide World of Sports athlete of the century |url=https://www.espn.com/endofcentury/s/century/wwos.html |access-date=February 6, 2012 |publisher=ESPN Network}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Thorpe: All-Around Athlete and American Indian Advocate |url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/sports/exhibit/champions/thorpe/index.cfm |access-date=February 6, 2012 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>

In 2018, Thorpe was honored with the [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] Gussie Crawford Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to amateur sports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AAU Crawford Award {{!}} AAU |url=https://www.aausports.org/aau-crawford-award/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.aausports.org |language=en}}</ref> That same year, he was also commemorated on the [[Sacagawea dollar|Native American dollar]] coin;<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2018 |title=United States Mint to Release 2018 Native American $1 Coin Products on February 15 |url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-to-release-2018-native-american-1-coin-products-on-february-15 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |publisher=United States Mint}}</ref> proposed designs were released in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Unser |first=Mike |date=November 6, 2015 |title=2018 Native American 2018 Native American $1 Coin Designs Depict Jim Thorpe Coin Designs Depict Jim Thorpe |url=https://www.coinnews.net/2015/11/06/2018-native-american-1-coin-designs-depict-jim-thorpe/ |access-date=September 8, 2024 |website=CoinNews |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2024, President [[Joe Biden]] announced that Thorpe would be awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the highest civilian honor given in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schad |first=Tom |date=May 3, 2024 |title=Katie Ledecky, Jim Thorpe among 2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients by Joe Biden |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/05/03/katie-ledecky-jim-thorpe-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/73549309007/ |access-date=May 30, 2024 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>