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. 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
 
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