A new television series is being developed to chronicle the life of Jim Thorpe, the Oklahoma-born Olympian and athlete often regarded as one of the greatest in history.

The project is being led by Verily StoryWorks, based in Dallas, with support from Thorpe's family, including his granddaughter, Anita Thorpe.

Family Perspective

Anita Thorpe said her father, Richard, often shared stories about his famous father, who died in 1953.

"My father, Richard, was the second to the youngest of Jim's seven children, and he loved to fish," she said. "Most of the interviews that my grandfather did, he would always mention fishing or hunting. If they'd said, Jim, what was your favorite sport? And he would say, fishing."

Anita said the scope of her grandfather's story requires more than a feature-len

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