Negro League Baseball Discussion Forum: General Discussion About The Negro Leagues: Did jim thorpe ever play against a negro leagues ball club?
By gary glover (Pomjjb) on Saturday, July 31, 1999 – 06:59 pm:
did the great native american athlete, jim thorpe, {who will more than likely, be picked the number one athlete, by espn's sports century fifty greatest athletes tv program, currently in progress, and will be more than likely, voted the greatest athlete of the century} playing major league ball for the giants, reds and braves as well as various minor league cluds, as he got older, ever play against any of the better negro league ball clubs?