Yeah, Thorpe was in the 1912 games. My family came from Ireland to Jim Thorpe, PA in 1852. At that time, Jim Thorpe was called Mauch Chunk, and it is now again Mauch Chunk. Mauch Chunk is in the middle of one shot pigeon country, some referring to it as hard coal country. I don't know if Thorpe came from Mauch Chunk or Carlisle but they named the town after him so I always assumed he came from MC. My family relocated to Hazleton before Jim Thorpe became famous. I just read that Thorpe was actually from Carlisle but is buried in Mauch Chunk. He was a "pentathalon" competitor where Patton competed in the "modern pentathalon" which is a different combination of sports.