Historical Marker

Birthplace of Jim Thorpe

Historical marker location:
1008 N Jim Thorpe Boulevard, Prague, Oklahoma
( Marker is on North Jim Thorpe Boulevard south of 11th Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1995

James Francis Thorpe, a Sac and Fox, was born as Wa-tho-huck or "Bright Path." He dominated the 1912 Olympics, winning both the decathlon and pentathlon events. He played Major League Baseball and professional football. He was the first president of the National Football League and is a member of Professional Football Hall of Fame. The Associated Press voted him the world's greatest male athlete of the first half of the twentieth century.