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Thorpe [and] McGloughlin (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe for more about Jim Thorpe, who won two gold medals at the 1912 Olympics (pentathlon & decathlon), but had to return the medals when it was discovered that he had played baseball for pay, and was therefore not an amateur. He later played both baseball and football professionally. This may have been in May 1912, at US tryouts for the pentathlon. See NYT for May 19, 1912 [ query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9801EFDC1E3CE633A... ] The title given to the picture matches neither the spelling on the slide for McLoughlin nor the spelling used by the NYT, McLaughlin.
  • Jukka said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Retro Athlete, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  • Camera.Ed said:
    McLoughlin's t-shirt rocks! No wonder he's ahead. (cue Chariots of Fire by Vangelis.)
  • Wayne F Baker said:
    This photo appears to have been taken at Celtic park in Queens, NY - the house in the background is fairly distinctive and appears in other Celtic Park photos. Thorpe competed against McLaughlin at the Pentathlon Trials on May 18, 1912 at Celtic Park. This appears to be the 1500 meters race, where McLaughlin nipped Thorpe 4:49 to 4:49 4/5. (This according to a NY Times article of the period.) - Wayne Baker
  • Arden said:
    Wayne F. Baker: Thanks for the information on Celtic Park. The image does seem to show athletes Thorpe and McLaughlin at Celtic Park. This website (which uses the above photo) has an interesting history of the sports park which was located in Queens: wingedfist.org/Celtic_Park_History.html . We will add more information to our description when we update.

[Jim Thorpe, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • trialsanderrors said:
    large-sized version:
  • Justin Michael Dombroski said:
    wow, incredible

American Olympic team (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • swanq said:
    4th from right, in long-sleeves, looks like Jim Thorpe to me.
  • swanq said:
    Notice the final "TI" of TUTTI FRUTTI on the bill board appears on www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2423488900/
  • BobMeade said:
    Well spotted on both counts swang. Jim Thorpe it is. He's the only one not wearing a club or college emblem too.

    As one commenter said in the other contiguous photograph to which you have linked, it looks like there were some more athletes to the right of that photogrpah too. So they may be a third in this series.
  • matt ids said:
    It is very fitting that Thorpe is the only athlete not wearing any sort of affiliated clothing. It makes him stand out for the truly remarkable athlete he was.
  • Bret Scovill said:
    I always thought Jim Thorpe was a very tall man. I am surprised to see that he is not, compared to the others.