jimthorpe NFL player who won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympics, and a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2 wds First Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics US track-and-field star whose gold medals from 1912 were revoked but restored posthumously in 1983: 2 wds The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century, according to an ABC Wide World of Sports poll in 2001: 2 wds