The Jim Thorpe Association is a civic and charity organization based in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma . Its parent corporation is the Jim Thorpe Athletic Club . It is named in memory of multi-sport legend Jim Thorpe .
2-548: The Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest award presented by the Jim Thorpe Association . Without consideration of athletic accomplishments, the award recognizes a lifetime of achievement by people who "set the living examples that influence others to strive for the highest goals and leadership of men, and who blaze the trails of accomplishments which leave behind the pathways of tradition for others to follow." Only seven people have received this award since
4-492: The association was founded in 1986. Jim Thorpe Association The organization has awarded the Jim Thorpe Award to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. To determine the awards, a screening committee follows the players during the season. The award is presented at an annual awards banquet along with a commemorative plate of spaghetti. The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, founded in 1986, became
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