Out of play: There was a recent thread on Bo Jackson in the game room: How good was Bo Jackson in his prime?
In Play: Jim Thorpe, ranked by the Associated Press the greatest athlete of the first half of the Twentieth Century, won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympics. He was stripped of his titles for playing semi-professional baseball, but the medals were restored in 1983. He played professional baseball, football, and basketball, and was a member of the inaugural class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.