Weidlinger, Tom — “Jim Thorpe, The World’s Greatest Athlete”
A sports icon of the first half of the 20th century, Jim Thorpe, was a Native American athlete who rose to athletic stardom at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, winning two gold medals at the 1912 Summer Olympics and continued, despite some controversy, to gain fame in professional baseball and football. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Tom Weidlinger, the director and co-writer and co-producer of the movie “Jim Thorpe, The World’s Greatest Athlete.” Tom Weidlinger spoke from his home in the San Francisco bay area on Sunday, May 30th 2010. I began by asking him “Who is Jim Thorpe?”
The book Tom Weidlinger recommends is “Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese.
Click here to begin listening.
Podcast: Download