Jim Thorpe/Jesse Owens

Jim Thorpe broke the Carlisle school record in what sport?

• baseball

• football

• high jump

• wrestling

Jim Thorpe once played football against which future president of the United States?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Ronald Reagan

In 1912, Jim Thorpe was chosen for the US Olympic Games in _______________.

• Paris, France

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Jim Thorpe became the first president of the American Professional __________ Association.

• Soccer

• Football

• Track

• Baseball

In 1999, the U.S. Congress named Jim Thorpe America's ________________________________________.

• Athlete of the Year

• Athlete of the Decade

• Athlete of the Month

• Athlete of the Century

What was Jesse Owens' favorite thing to do as a child?

• jump on the bed

• run barefoot in the fields

• ride horses

• swim in the pond

Jesse's nickname when he ran track at Ohio State University was Buckeye Bullet.

• True

• False

What did Jesse Owens do at the Berlin Olympics that no other American had done before?

• run barefoot

• win a gold medal

• win four gold medals

• made a mistake

Jesse Owens was awarded the Medal of Freedom by the U.S. President.

• True

• False

What does the U.S. Track and Field Association give each year to an outstanding athlete?

• new running shoes

• The Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award

• a Jesse Owens jersey

• The Jesse Owens Runner of the Year Award