Cowboys QB’s Personal Life Is a Mess

With the 2026 NFL Draft approaching, the Cowboys are under immense pressure to fix a defense that ranked at the bottom of the league last season. Holding two first-round selections, the front office has a rare opportunity to bring great talents into the secondary and pass-rush units simultaneously.

Back in 1920, the NFL wasn’t the global powerhouse it is today; it was just a handful of teams meeting in a Canton auto showroom trying to stay afloat. They needed a heavyweight name to prove they were legit, so they tapped Jim Thorpe as their first president. 

Sitting on the running board of a Hupmobile, the world’s greatest athlete gave a struggling startup the instant street cred it needed to survive its first winter.

​Thorpe only held the title for a year, mostly playing and coaching for the Canton Bulldogs while his name did the heavy lifting for the front office. He was the ultimate "player-president," drawing the massive crowds that kept the lights on when the league was still a gamble. By the time he stepped down, he’d already turned a high-stakes hobby into the bedrock of American sports.