these peraple were fabulous. he never hit that level. nobody did. >> who was mrs. thorpe?there was one of his classmates at carlyle whom he married. >> white. she claimed to be indian. you have to have what they call blood adns ntum. they would measure it all. the government instituted bans because it was a school for indians he was supposed to be american indians. like was not really in the nfl. they divorced about 1924-25, and he married rick kirkpatrick who was much younger than he was. he had four children. the first one died at about all three which was a horribl h horrible tragedy and it affected him for the rest of his life. three daughters sur192ved. two of the suns survived. they were divorced. that h39, and he mary's innds9. the bomy weng he is married to when he dies. she was fieree.e. like really felt he hf bum deal. was not charging enough for ltieak ang engagginnent of, notg his imally well enough. says she fought like a lion if becmebois m skad to g yoe him a bether ser deal. spent a lot of it. she almost got a deal with walifier brothers. jim thorpe all-ame