tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post2018162118733999823..comments2024-03-28T22:01:00.225-07:00Comments on Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Jim Thorpe Punts, Catches and Scores Touchdown on the Same Play - Myth or Legend?Peter Jensen Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042588192094310236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-24423726687063882332015-09-02T06:16:36.766-07:002015-09-02T06:16:36.766-07:00Excuse me for being hyperbolic, I was just referri...Excuse me for being hyperbolic, I was just referring to the decathlon section, I know nothing of football. I took Thorpe's results from wikipedia and plugged them into a decathlon calculator table of today, instead of using the pre-32 tables.Ian McAfeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258986962781274089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339541743624368462.post-83246906184394079352015-09-01T19:04:43.163-07:002015-09-01T19:04:43.163-07:00This entire blog is incorrect. Decathlon scoring t...This entire blog is incorrect. Decathlon scoring tables were updated 1932, 1950, 1962, and 1984. Jim Thorpe's score would be beaten by many high schoolers today. His results of 100m 11.2, LJ 6.79, SP 12.89, HJ 1.87, 400 52.2, Discus 36.98, 110H 15.6, PV 3.25, Jav 45.70, and 4:40 for the 1500 give a score, using modern tables, of 6649. On the same scoring table Ashton Eaton score 9045 with. This score is an upper bound, because the Javelin was redesigned a few times since then to be harder to throw, so he'd lose points there, and we have no information about the weight of the shot or disc. There are decathletes in the USA who scored over 8000 and were left home from the Beijing World Championships today. The last place finisher, at Beijing 2015, scored 6678 after scoring 0 in the pole vault. <br /><br />Jim Thorpe was a phenomenal athlete, but his decathlon standards have no comparison to today among the elites, or even elite high schoolers. Ian McAfeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258986962781274089noreply@blogger.com