- College Football Hall of Fame – 1951
- Charter Enshrinee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – 1963
- All-America – 1911, 1912
- Olympic Decathlon and Pentathlon Champion – 1912
- AP Most Outstanding Athlete of the First Half of the 20th Century – 1950
- “America’s Greatest Football Player of the half-century” – 1950
- ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century – 2001
- Track and Field Hall of Fame
- In 1950, the nation’s press selected Jim Thorpe as the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th Century
- From 1996-2001, he was continuously awarded ABC’s Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Century award
The Official Website of Jim Thorpe
