Along the way, they defeated established teams like Harvard, Penn, Georgetown and Army. Along with the outsize athletic ability of the ultratalented Jim Thorpe, the Carlisle Indians’ speed and inventiveness were both revolutionary and wildly successful: They went 43-5-2 over the four years of Warner and Thorpe’s collaboration. Before their legendary seasons from 1907 to 1912 there was no forward pass, no misdirection play, no receivers or tight ends. (Middle grade ages 10 and up)įew of today’s football fans know that much of the game as we now recognize it was developed by a group of Native American kids who were coerced into a Pennsylvania assimilation camp called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where they were coached by a man named Glenn (Pop) Warner. UNDEFEATED Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team By Steve Sheinkin 280 pp.
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