circa 1925: A low-angle view of athlete Jim Thorpe (1887 - 1953) wearing a Canton Bulldogs football jersey

The original "Wildcat" was Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe ("big Jim"), famous all-around athlete who died Mar. 28, 1956 at Lomita, Cal., is shown...

...skills to pick off five passes and deflect 14 last season, which earned him the 2007 Jim Thorpe Award. Says Cason: "I did the things I could do to control my fate in this...

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe holes a 70-yard wedge shot for an eagle on the 2nd hole, riding the momentum...

Jim Thorpe turned an eagle into a flight to the lead

...American, the Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award in his senior season at Miami

Sheldon Brown was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award in 2001 at South Carolina

Ike's best move before D-Day was once tackling Jim Thorpe in a football game

Burt Lancaster stars in "Jim Thorpe All American" on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET

Before he was an Olympic hero, Jim Thorpe (20) was a college football star

...Dawson (Asst. Coach), Robert Horry, Kenny Smith, Otis Thorpe, Rudy Tomjanovich (Head Coach), Hakeem Olajuwon, Vernon Maxwell...Richard Petruska, Larry Robinson Mario Elie, Scott Brooks, Jim Boylen (Video Coordinator), Ed Bernholz (Film Coordinator), Ray...