Jim Thorpe–All American

…World War II love story; Jim Thorpe—All-American, which provided Burt Lancaster with one of his best roles as the great Native American athlete Jim Thorpe; and I’ll See You in My Dreams, a biography of songwriter Gus Kahn (played by Danny Thomas). The Story of Will Rogers followed in 1952.

…biography of his life, titled Jim Thorpe—All American and starring Burt Lancaster, transformed his story into uplifting melodrama, with the fallen hero rescued by his old coach Pop Warner.

…romanticized) in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe—All-American. But his chief contributions to football were the wingback formations he introduced at Carlisle and further developed at Pittsburgh and Stanford. In the single wing the ball was snapped to a tailback lined up behind the centre about five yards deep, with the…